MeiLu McDermott dual majored in chemistry and astronomy at Williams College in Massachusetts, obtaining her Bachelors of Arts in 2016. She additionally studied computer science while earning her undergraduate degree. She focused this background on characterizing the mass and age of planetary nebulae in the Andromeda Galaxy. She has also applied her database skills to retrospective analyses of breast cancer biopsies specimens relative to initial tumor size to inform technique for diagnostic tissue sampling.
She is excited to join the lab of Leo Wang, M.D., Ph.D., directing her focus on characterizing peptide sequences to better characterize signaling pathways in benign and malignant pediatric hematopoietic disorders.
