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Heather is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, where she studies how fatty acid binding proteins interact with cytochrome P450 enzymes to influence drug metabolism.

Heather began her undergraduate studies at the College of Wooster intending to major in economics before discovering a passion for science that led her to double major in chemistry and Spanish. After graduating in 2021, she entered Vanderbilt’s Quantitative and Chemical Biology program and later completed her PhD in Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, where she studied factors contributing to thyroid cancer development.

Now in the laboratory of Dr. Fred Guengerich, Heather focuses on understanding how P450 enzymes metabolize drugs and xenobiotics and how their interaction with fatty acid binding proteins may influence these processes. Her research is supported by an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship examining these mechanisms in heart failure.

Outside the lab, Heather enjoys rock climbing, hiking, traveling, and spending time with her dog, Domino. She values Vanderbilt’s collaborative research environment and the strong sense of community it provides.