DEI Statement:
As long-time Rackham Diversity Ally in Chemistry, I built an understanding of the unique challenges that students from diverse backgrounds encounter during graduate school, before and beyond. A preview program I implemented has helped expand the diversity of the Chemistry graduate program. Still, more needs to be done, and I stand ready to help.
Research Interests
The Walter group studies the cellular and molecular biology of ubiquitous non-coding RNAs, composing perhaps 90% of the human genome and broadly responsible for the regulation of gene expression, by mechanistic single molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy tools inside and outside of live cells. Applications of this leading-edge, highly interdisciplinary work include the identification and optimization of novel RNA-targeting drugs for gene therapy and of RNA and DNA as diagnostic biomarkers.