Mentoring
At Princeton University, I served as a personal and professional mentor for a group of eight LGBT+ students, hosting monthly dinners and regular coffee dates. As a “Near Peer” mentor for an NSF-funded REU (research experience for undergraduates) in biophysics, I provided career development and support for visiting students conducting summer research. Currently, I am a mentor in a newly inaugurated program spearheaded by the Princeton Class of ’94 service project effort with PTI. This program "connects formerly incarcerated students with a Princeton University alumni working in a field related to their academic and/or career interests to facilitate conversations about career guidance and professional networking between them."
As a researcher, I have directly supervised many incoming graduate students. In addition, I have served as the primary mentor to three undergraduate researchers:
Olivia Lazorik (WashU 2021-24) is investigating aggregation phenomena in the cell nucleus.
Kaitlyn Hardesty (WashU 2020-22) developed tools to investigate the flux of rRNA through the nucleolus.
Aparna Ragu (Princeton 2017-18) mapped a new nuclear localization sequence on the essential microtubule nucleator TPX2.