​​ Hi! I'm Sarah.
I grew up in Austin, Texas and received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Genetics from Texas A&M University, minoring in Art. Then, I moved to Chicago to earn my Master of Science in Biomedical Visualization at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) in 2020. I have been teaching BVIS 560 (Molecular Pharmacology for Biomedical Visualization) at UIC since 2021.
Having recently defended my PhD thesis in Biomedical Engineering, I am now a postdoctoral researcher in the Biophysics Lab of Dr. Fatemeh Araghi-Khalili at UIC. My PhD research involved molecular dynamics simulations to study claudins, which are tight junction proteins capable of forming paracellular pores or barriers.
I am passionate about the visualization of molecular data!
Email: sarahfionamcg@gmail.com
