THE ALTY RESEARCH GROUP
Education
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
under advisement from Prof. Laura Kiessling
"Synthetic Mucus: Mucin-Mimetic Glycopolymer Networks"
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Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
under co-advisement from Prof. Frank Leibfarth & Prof. Erik Alexanian
"Amidyl Radical-Mediated Polyolefin C–H Functionalization"
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B.S. Chemistry with minor in Mathematics at The College of William & Mary
under advisement from Prof. Jonathan Scheerer
"Merged Cycloaddition–Cycloreversion Strategy Towards Substituted Pyridine Products"
Honors & Fellowships
ACS PMSE Future Faculty Symposium (2024)
Polymer Women Empowerment & Research Conference Co-Founder (2024)
MIT Chemistry Departmental Leadership Award (2023)
NSF Future Faculty Workshop: Diverse Leaders of the Future (2023)
MIT Chemistry Mentorship Spotlight Award (Fall 2022)
Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022–2024)
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined, 2022)
Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Finalist (withdrawn, 2022)
Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering (2022)
Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science Finalist (2022)
UNC Chemistry Department Venable Award Fellowship (2020–2021)
Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research ACS Symposium (2020)
Polymers Gordon Research Seminar Chair (2019–2023)
Ewha-Luce International Seminar Chair (2019)
Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship (2018–2020)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention (2018)
W&M Andrews Teaching Assistant Award (2016)
W&M CRC Handbook Award (2016)
W&M Departmental Honors in Chemistry (2016)
Cum Laude Latin Honors (2016)