I am originally from the UK, where I received my PhD in chemistry from Loughborough University and began working on ambient ionization mass spectrometry techniques for biological applications. In 2020 I moved to the US as a postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, before joining the University of Pittsburgh in 2024.

I hold a B.Sc. in Chemistry from K.N. Toosi University of Technology in Tehran, Iran (2015) and an M.Sc. in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois (2023). My master's research focused on biochemical production from waste such as Corn stover, and carbon dioxide. I worked on the fermentation process of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria to generate valuable compounds such as formic acid, acetic acid, and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and the detection and quantification of these products using chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques.

I am from Titusville, PA and attended Allegheny College, majoring in Chemistry with a double minor in Spanish and Astronomy. My undergraduate research focused on inhibitor design and probing of a DEAD-Box protein, DDX-52, which was found to be upregulated in certain cancers.

I am from Wellsburg, West Virginia. I attended Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia for my undergraduate studies in which I earned a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Criminal Justice. My undergraduate research focused on human disease studies, including the testing of a drug treatment for stroke that targeted a particular type of cell death known as ferroptosis.

I am originally from Bangladesh, where I earned my BSc and MS in Chemistry from Khulna University, focusing on the synthesis, chemical characterization, and antifungal properties of wood vinegar. I then pursued an MS in the United States at Tennessee State University, where I worked on the synthesis, modification, and characterization of nanomaterials, and developed an electrochemical biosensor for ascorbic acid detection. During this time, I also completed an internship at the Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (CBT) at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where I performed bioconjugation and native chemical ligation reactions and purified proteins using Biotage, HPLC, and LC-MS techniques.

I am from Rocky Mount, North Carolina and I attend North Carolina Wesleyan University. While pursuing my B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics, I am visiting the University of Pittsburgh as an NSF-REU student in order to explore my interest in VOCs/terpenes in natural skincare products.