LAB ALUMNI

Emily graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2017 with a degree in Biology. As an undergraduate researcher, she studied small molecule signaling in the bacterial pathogen, Clostridium difficile. She then went on to complete a two year fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. There she studied the kinetics of spore formation in the model organism, Bacillus subtilis (Peluso et al., PNAS. 2019). She began graduate school at the University of California Los Angeles in 2020. In the Tarling-Vallim lab, Emily’s thesis work focuses on understanding how cells within the liver adapt and respond during healthy and diseased states. Specifically, Emily’s work has provided novel insights into how peroxisomes, an important organelle in lipid metabolism, maintain biogenesis and control protein import. Following graduation, Emily aims to work in Biotechnology to continue moving science forward in a meaningful way. In her free time, Emily enjoys spending time with her daughter, husband, and dog. Some of her favorite things to do are running through the mountains, reading a good book by the pool, and sharing a meal with family and friends.