I'm a scientist at Calico Life Sciences LLC, where I develop cutting edge imaging technology as a member of the York Laboratory.
One of my recent projects was using the fluorescence lifetime of mScarlet to quantify pH. You can read more about it here. It's great for mammalian lysosomes, and I'm currently looking for additional collaborators and users of this technology!
I started off in science at the University of Southern California, where I completed my undergraduate degree in Chemistry (Chemical Biology). I also stumbled into a minor in Computer Science, which has paid massive dividends over the years.
I went on to complete my Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley in Prof. Evan Miller's lab. This kicked off my love of for fluorescent sensor development and quantitative imaging. I worked on a fluorescence lifetime-imaging based system for measuring voltages in cells. I also had the fun opportunity to use imaging, in collaboration with synthetic chemists, to better understand and design photo-induced electron-transfer (PeT) based sensors.
I did postdoctoral research at UCSF in the Altschuler and Wu lab, where I worked on image-based phenotypic modeling of neurodegenerative disease.
When I'm not doing science, I love vegetable gardening, playing board games, and trying new foods.