I earned my doctorate in marine microbiology from the University of Rhode Island in 2010. I joined the CIDAR lab under the guidance of Prof. Douglas Densmore at Boston University as a postdoctoral researcher in synthetic biology and later served as the Executive Director of the Center of Synthetic Biology at BU. During my time at Boston University, I mentored and trained over 40 undergraduate and graduate students and also ran the university’s iGEM teams for four years. I joined the iGEM Foundation in the spring of 2015 as a Science and Technology Fellow, was later promoted to the Director of Technology, and finally served as the Director of the Competition. In this role, I oversaw all aspects of the iGEM Competition and worked to ensure that every team from around the world had a successful and fulfilling iGEM experience. In August 2022, I joined Asimov as the Director of Community. With this role, I’ll be working on a variety of topics and activities that focus on engaging with our company and customer communities, as well as the synthetic biology community at large.