Currently,
Selin is an undergraduate researcher at the Jacobsen Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles (since January 2025). See below for a portfolio of her past projects.
Diatom Plastispheres
May 2024
I morphologically characterized and compared the composition of diatom communities in freshwater PET and PP plastispheres over five weeks.
ISB Research Intern
Summer 2023
Over the eight weeks I interned at the Institute for Systems Biology, my partner and I developed RT-qPCR biomarkers for Thalassiosira pseudonana carbon states.
DIY Bio
May 2022
Performed a DIY bacterial transformation experiment with green fluorescent protein and E. coli in my kitchen.
XPRIZE + Police Reform
March 2022
Researched and prepared a recommendation deck on reforming police systems through community data and incentives for an XPRIZE challenge with The Knowledge Society.
NutriArc
November 2021
Created concept company NutriArc for a hackathon (1st place). NutriArc mitigates malnutrition through synthetic resistant starch production.
Science Writing
October 2021
Occasionally, I write about what I learn on Medium.