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George Mason University
Brambleton, Virginia
I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University.
My research centers on investigating the effects of safeners on the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to PCB-11 exposure, with a particular interest in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying plant stress responses. In 2020 and 2021 I presented a poster at the American Society for Plant Biology and at the American Chemical Society respectively. My first manuscript, which shows for the first time that exposure to PCBs can result in the induction of the phenylpropanoid pathway and lignin biosynthesis in plants, was published by ACS Agricultural Science and Technology journal. I received a summer Ph.D. fellowship in 2023.
I am enthusiastic about advancing our knowledge of plant stress responses and hope that his research will aid in the development of novel strategies for mitigating the effects of PCB contamination on plant health."