Honors & Awards
ASGCT Underrepresented Minority Fellowship Award in Gene and Cell Therapy for Any Indication (2021)
AASLD Pinnacle Research Award (2021)
Internal Selection and Clemson Nomination for the Searle Scholars Award (2018)
Internal Selection and Clemson Nomination for the Johnson Johnson WiSTEM2D Award, engineering category (2018, 2019, 2020)
2018 BMES Career Development Award (2018)
Fellow, NRMN Steps Towards Academic Research Fellowship (2016-17)
Clemson Nomination for NIH Directors Early Independence Award (2015)
T32 Postdoctoral Scholar, NIH Institutional Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015-16)
Ford Dissertation Fellowship Honorable Mention, The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine (2014)
Leadership Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology (2013-14)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2010-13)
Molecular Biophysics Traineeship Fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology (2010)
Thayer School of Engineering Corporate Collaboration Council Engineering Design Prize, Dartmouth College (2009)
Ernest Everett Just Award in Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering, Dartmouth College (2007)
Ernest Everett Just Research Fellowship, Dartmouth College (2006-07)
Isaac Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, Dartmouth College (2005-07)
Charles & Thomas Wilson 1935 Memorial Endowment Scholarship, Dartmouth College (2005-07)
Academic Achievement Award, Dartmouth College (2004,2005)
Sponsored Research
Current
“Nonviral delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 into hepatocytes combined with APAP selection for treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia,”R56 (1R56HL168093-01), NIH NHLBI, $565,787 (2023-2024)
“Nonviral delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 into hepatocytes for liver repopulation using acetaminophen selection,” Underrepresented Minority Fellowship Award in Gene and Cell Therapy for Any Indications, American Society of Gene and Therapy, $200,000 (2021-2023)
“Nonviral delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 into hepatocytes for liver repopulation using acetaminophen selection,” Pinnacle Research Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, $300,000 (2021-2024)
Past
“Nonviral delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 into hepatocytes for liver repopulation using acetaminophen selection,” SCBioCRAFT Pilot Project, NIH, $25,000 (2021-2022)
“Electroporation-Mediated Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 into Hepatocytes for Treatment of IMDs,” Clemson University Seed Grant, Clemson University, $10,000 (2021-2022)
“Non-viral Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 and Homologous Donor Templates for Targeted Gene Editing in Hepatocytes and Articular Chondrocytes ,” SC TRIMH Center Pilot, $10,000 (2020-2021)
“Ex vivo CRISPR-Cas9 induced gene correction of inborn errors of liver metabolism,” SC INBRE Developmental Research Project Program, $150,000 (2016-2019 )