Research Experience

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2022- Present  
Boston Medical Center 
Advisors: Thanh N. Nguyen, MD and Mohamad Abdalkader, MD                                             

• Understanding the role of robotics in Interventional Neuroradiology.

 
2021- Present      
Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, ETH Zurich
Advisors: Bradley Nelson, PhD and Salvador Pane i Vidal, PhD
Fulbright Research Fellow                                                                     

• Demonstrated use of IR light sensitive microrobots for cancer therapy.
• Developed multi-functional biotemplated microrobots for magnetic navigation and piezoelectric amyloid protein degradation.

2018- 2023      
Genetics and Aging Research Unit, MassGeneral Hospital
Advisors: Rudolph Tanzi, PhD and Doo Yeon Kim, PhD                                                                             

• Demonstrated therapeutic utility of antibody-conjugated superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

 
2017- 2018      
Neurophotonics Center at Boston University 
Advisor: David Boas, PhD                                                                                        

• Applied various optical imaging modalities to understand neurovascular changes in Alzheimer’s disease.
• Imaging experience with optical coherence tomography, two photon microscopy, laser speckle imaging, and intrinsic optical signal imaging.

2017                
Langer Lab, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Advisors: Bob Langer, ScD and Giovanni Traverso, MB BChir, PhD                                                                         

• Performed in vitro testing of a wireless 3D printed electronic pill for long-term gastric retention with resultant publication in Advanced Materials Technologies. 
• Published a scientific review paper on biomedical applications of 3D printing.

 
2013-2014       
Cognitive Neurology Group, Oxford University
Advisor: Masud Husain, MD                                                                           

• Developed and tested working memory computer tasks to be used as early diagnostic tools for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
• Investigated the flexibility of working memory states, which resulted in a publication in Frontier in Human Neuroscience.

 
2013-2014       
Brain and Cognition Lab, Oxford University
Advisor: Christina Anna Nobre, PhD

• Assisted in designing and optimizing computer-based experiments to quantify responses to emotional stimulus in visual working memory.
• Conducted experiments to analyze the effects of emotion on visual working memory.
• Contributed significantly to the pilot experiments that culminated in a publication in Emotion.

 
2012-2015       
Lammerding Lab, Cornell University, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Jan Lammerding, PhD                                       

• Mastered surgical techniques to create a constriction in the abdominal aorta as a model to examine vascular defects of HGPS (Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome).
• Conducted independent research project elucidating vascular smooth muscle cell depletion in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and presented the research at an international conference.