EDUCATION
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
M.D. Candidate, entering class of 2020.
RICE UNIVERSITY
Houston, TX
Graduated - B.A., Honors in Cognitive Sciences with specialization in Neuroscience, 2018.
Awards:
- Distinction in Research and Creative Works (Evolutionary Biology and Ecology) - 2018
- Student Speaker at American Physician Scientists Association Southern Annual Meeting - 2018
- Plenary Speaker at Stanford Research Conference - 2018
- Omega Psi Cognitive Sciences Honor Society - 2018
- President’s Honor Roll - 2016, 2017, 2018
- Head Fellow - 2018
- Academic Fellow (Lovett College) - 2017, 2018
RESEARCH
SARDIELLO LABORATORY
Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Baylor College of Medicine (Department of Molecular and Human Genetics) and Texas Children's Hospital
Undergraduate Researcher: 2015-2020
- Aminode: Project lead for novel research on computational amino acid analysis and human proteomics, for the identification of evolutionary constrained regions.
- Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis types 6 and 8: designed, assisted, and performed experiments to elucidate the roles of disease-linked genes CLN6 and CLN8.
- Project lead on novel research for Atypical TPP1 Deficiency (SCAR7)
Publications, Posters, & Presentations:
- Chang, K.T., Guo, J., di Ronza, A. and Sardiello, M., 2018. Aminode: identification of evolutionary constraints in the human proteome. Scientific reports, 8(1), pp.1-8.
- di Ronza, A., Bajaj, L., Sharma, J., Sanagasetti, D., Lotfi, P., Adamski, C.J., Collette, J., Palmieri, M., Amawi, A., Popp, L., Chang, K.T., Meschini, M.C., Leung, H.E., Segatori, L., Simonati, A., Sifers, R.N., Santorelli, F.M., and Sardiello, M. 2018. CLN8 is an endoplasmic reticulum cargo receptor that regulates lysosome biogenesis. Nature cell biology, 20(12), pp.1370-1377..
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
Human Systems Integration Division
Johnson Space Center and Rice University
Undergraduate Researcher: 2017-2018
- Conducted study evaluating electroencephalography (EEG) devices for astronautic use.
- Collected EEG data on human participants during flight simulations to analyze changes in individual and team alertness, workload, and other cognitive functions.
- Evaluated EEG hardware as cognitive monitoring equipment for the Orion spacecraft program.
CONTACT
Kevin T. Chang
Stanford University
kevinchang4101 (at) gmail.com
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