I am an Immunology Graduate Student who joined the Jabbari Lab in May 2021. My hometown is Solon, Iowa and I went to Iowa State for my undergraduate degree (Go Cyclones!!) After graduating, I joined Dr. Songhai Chen’s lab in the Dept. of Pharmacology at the University of Iowa. There I worked as a research assistant investigating the role of GPCR-interacting proteins in cancer progression and immune cell function. With a newly discovered passion for immunology, I joined the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology in 2020. In my free time I enjoy playing Pokémon Go, and hiking around Lake MacBride.

I am an MSTP student in the Carver College of Medicine who started my medical training in 2019. Having grown up in the small, Western Iowa town of Denison, I came to love Iowa City and the University of Iowa when I first came to the area for my undergraduate education. I appreciate being in a college town with world-class experiences but definitely enjoy the walkability and proximity to outdoors here in Iowa City. In my free time, I enjoy playing video games, disc golf, basketball, working out, movies, trivia, and above all, college football.