MEET SARA

4th-Year Undergraduate – Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia

"I am a 4th-year undergraduate student at Georgia Tech who heads SEA’s research team, and I also helped design SEA with Vic and Alan. I am passionate about making resilient therapies for disease treatment - that has took me from the smallest scales inside the human body investigating microbes to designing space-bound drugs.”

Background

Research Experience

Sara conducted research at the Georgia Institute of Technology, MIT, and Stanford, focusing on ways to better characterize disease states and design more effective treatments for chronic disease.

Internships

  • Varda Space Industries

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Stanford University.

Interests

Sara’s interests include technical theatre, playing squash, listening to jazz, and practicing crocheting & knitting.

Honors & Awards

Brooke Owens Fellow, Georgia Tech Women in Engineering Scholarship (2× recipient), oSTEM Actalent Queer Excellence Scholarship

Leadership Involvement

  • Head of Research: Southeast Analog

  • Production Manager: DramaTech Theatre

  • Undergraduate Research Ambassador: Georgia Tech

  • BME Officer: Asclepios

  • Peer Mentor: Georgia Tech Women in Engineering Program

Certifications

  • HAM Radio License

  • CPR Certification