University of ConnecticutGraduate Research Assistant
Aug. 2011 - Feb. 2014Storrs, CTThesis: Evaluating the influence of a novel NAD(+)-raising therapy on fat metabolism - Led the laboratory research effort to further characterize the influence of a recently discovered vitamin B3, nicotinamide riboside, on metabolic disorders including fatty liver disease - Carried out molecular, cellular, and animal model-based biomedical research