Sydney Anderson

Sydney is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering where she earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry. During her undergraduate studies, she was an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers, serving in the role of Finance Chairperson for Region II of the society. In this role, she coordinated and managed the career fair for the region’s Fall Regional Conference. She is passionate about helping her community and conducted several outreach projects during her studies. She was also involved in diversity initiatives within the Swanson School of Engineering. She has two years of research experience in drug delivery and loading at the nano- and micro-level, as well as with genetic research tracking mutations and variant analysis. Sydney is currently attending graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.

Research Area

As part of the OGR program, Sydney worked in the Silva-Fisher lab and focused on identifying differentially expressed lncRNAs in Multiple Myeloma single-cell sequencing data. The goal of the research was to determine what genes are unique to a healthy person in comparison to a person with various stages of Multiple Myeloma in an effort to develop a treatment for the disease.