Tori Danis

Tori Danis has worked in a variety of roles in the science and engineering fields since 2016. In that year, they began as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Connecticut, where they engineered binding proteins for mutation of the Tau protein to target the location and function of Tau protein in Alzheimer's Disease. Tori also worked as a Head Teacher for the Pre-Engineering Program and a Head Academic Tutor for the BRIDGE Program, where they communicated with teachers and tutors to analyze academic performance of students, plan general engineering courses, exams, and events for the students, and mentor incoming freshmen minorities in engineering to promote academic and professional success. In 2018, they worked as a Chemistry Tutor for the Quantitative Learning Center, an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for the UConn School of Engineering, and a REU Student for the Colorado School of Mines. From 2019 to 2020, they worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Connecticut and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Connecticut Center for Applied Separations Technologies (CCAST), where they were a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Jeffrey McCutcheon's lab with a focus on 3D printed membranes for ethanol/water separation and assisting in COVID-19 response with NIOSH certified testing on new PPE materials. Tori is currently a Laboratory Technologist at Nova Analytic Labs.

Tori Danis completed their Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2019. Prior to that, they attended Thornton Academy from 2011 to 2015.