About

Alyssa grew up in California and graduated from the University of California, San Diego in 2025 with a B.S. in Molecular Synthesis. As an undergraduate, she conducted research with Professor Ryan Shenvi at Scripps Research, where she worked on the development of Salvinorin A-derived natural products and alkynyl probes for brain structural mapping. She is particularly interested in natural product synthesis that combines the power and elegance of biocatalysis.