I study evolutionary proteomics to unlock the rules shaping proteome characteristics, composition, and function. Why does a cell produce a particular amount of protein? Why does a protein-coding sequence use a particular set of nucleotides? I am a postdoctoral associate working with Dr. Antonis Rokas (Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University) and Dr. Matthew Pennell (Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California) to address problems related to these 2 core questions of evolutionary proteomics. Formerly, I was an INSPIRE (NIH-IRACDA) postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Premal Shah (Department of Genetics, Rutgers University). My long-term goal is to understand how molecular mechanisms and biophysics shape general patterns of protein evolution across the major domains of life. To accomplish this, I develop new mathematical and computational models rooted in evolutionary theory that I apply to omics-scale data. As a former INSPIRE fellow, I am trained to employ evidence-based learning methods and to promote DEI principles both in an out of the classroom.