Tracy is a biophysics PhD student at UCSF where she is co-advised by Katherine Susa and Jim Wells. Prior to graduate school, she spent time in the Narlikar lab studying chromatin phase separation. She previously studied mathematics and biochemistry at UC Berkeley where she also worked in the Heald lab investigating novel regulators of mitotic spindle assembly.  She has diverse interests and appreciates exploring biology at different scales. 

Her current research focuses on transmembrane signaling in immune cell receptors, with the ultimate goal of enabling new therapeutic approaches to modulate immune cell function. She is leveraging proteomics, protein engineering, and biophysical approaches to understand how these receptors function and how their signaling pathways can be tuned. 

Outside of science, she enjoys running, reading, backpacking, skiing, and culinary snobbery