Doctoral Student National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow UGA Presidential Fellow Education Education: Bachelor of Science at The University of Alabama in HuntsvilleBiology and Chemistry Double Major, Mathematics Minor Research Research Areas: Molecular Genetics Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Interests: Using epigenomic approaches to identify sequences responsible for regulatory differences in cold tolerance between upland and lowland switchgrass genotypes. Experience working on a high-performance computing cluster. Grants: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (April 2025)Blanche E. Dean Award (November 2022)Botanical Society of America Undergraduate Student Research Award (May 2022)