Graduate Student, Chemistry, 1st year
Home town: Katy, Texas
Arya graduated with a B.S.A from University of Texas at Austin, where she worked in the Anslyn lab on chiroptical methods to expedite enantiomeric yield determination. She took several gap years to work as a research technician in the Botas group at Baylor College of Medicine, where she studied the genetics of neurodegenerative disorders in Drosophila by specifically focusing on screening gene candidates and characterizing their effect on Alzheimer’s disease prognosis. In the Muir lab, Arya is interested in studying quorum sensing in Staphylococcus aureus bacteria to better understand the molecular mechanisms behind their virulence. Outside of the lab, she enjoys going to cafes, reading, and driving while blasting music.
