I am a Biochemistry major and Music minor at Wellesley College, and I plan to pursue a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences. My career goal is to conduct research in biomedical science and advance the field of pharmaceutical medicine. As an undergraduate researcher in the Klepac-Ceraj Lab, I have worked on various engineering and computational projects with Dr. Kevin Bonham in which I have built tools to study microbial communities and to streamline analysis of metagenomic data. My current project investigates a method of using gut microbes to restore normal function in neurotransmitter deficient Caenorhabditis elegans, which may have important therapeutic implications for neurological conditions.