MS in Biotechnology with TA experience at a university level and at a private school for grades K-8. Research experience in genetics, biotechnology, and chemistry. #ADHD Friendly

Lucy and I were in the same lab at the University of Houston Sugar Land - Dr. Abdul L. Khan's Microbiome & Genomics lab. Lucy was a Master's student under Dr. Khan while I was both an undergrad with a senior year project in the lab and, after graduation, an intern in the lab for 5 months. As a lab safety supervisor, Lucy was truly the only one out of all the higher-up students who was vocal and consistent about practicing, enforcing, and implementing lab safety protocols; she taught me and my peers how best to carry ourselves in the lab workspace, which helped many of us get and keep jobs in the lab sciences industry. Lucy is the kind of instructor who both explains all relevant information and demonstrates the techniques in person - confident, self-assured, yet self-aware when she knows that a question we'd have would be better asked of another superior or our lab's PI. She's a great communicator both in-person and online; she once asked me for help conducting one of her data collection methods at our lab while she was on vacation and not only did she leave us with detailed instructions including the locations of tools and her samples, but more importantly, she made sure to follow up with us via Teams messaging and phone texts that same day in a conversational fashion that was neither condescending nor strict. When it comes to actual science literature - both academic research and class materials (such as textbooks) - she was unmatched amongst her peers. She would be the first I'd want to go to when I needed help with questions regarding our bacterial cultures and related class materials, particularly anything to do with microbiology and cGMP/lab-safety related information. Lucy is a great person to learn from - anyone would be lucky to work with her!