
ABOUT SARAH MCGUINNESS
Sarah grew up in Austin, Texas with a love for the outdoors and a penchant for collecting insects, lizards, and frogs. She started drawing when she three years old. Later, she attended Texas A&M University and received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Genetics, minoring in Art. During her time in her undergraduate college, she worked as a research assistant at the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, where she wrote her undergraduate thesis.
Now, Sarah lives in Chicago, Illinois and studies at the University of Illinois to earn her Master of Science in Biomedical Visualization. She is currently working on her thesis: "Comparing Whiteboard and 3D Animation in Visualization of 'Neuron-like' Bacterial Communication in Bioiflms." In her free time, she likes to build terrariums, collect moss, and play video games.
Sarah has accepted a PhD position in Bioengineering at UIC under Dr. Khalili. She will be conducting computational modeling and molecular simulations on claudins channels at tight junctions in epithelial cells.