Currently, a graduate student at the University of Utah working under the research supervision of Prof. Shelley D. Minteer, my research focuses on studying halophilic electroactive bacteria for novel applications in biotechnology. My projects combine bioinformatics methods such as whole-genome sequencing and RNA sequencing with electrochemistry to better understand the metabolisms of electroactive bacteria. Prior to starting my graduate studies at Utah, I received my B.S. in Biochemistry from Fort Lewis College and performed undergraduate research with Prof. Kathryn D. Mouzakis investigating programmed ribosomal frameshifting in negative-strand RNA viruses.