Thanks

I want to initially thank my advisor Alex Volfovsky for assisting me at every step with this project. I’m so appreciative of your patience and willingness to help me undertake this research for the past year. I want to thank Heather Mathews for the taking the time to answer my abundance of questions throughout the past year. I truly don’t think I could have produced this without your help. Thanks to Joan Combs-Durso who has been a wonderful source of support and my personal cheerleader. Lastly, I want to say thanks to all the friends and family who have proof-read my work, brought me coffee, wrote me encouraging notes, or were just supportive throughout this process. Thank you, Emma Shaffer, Pablo Piedra, Arthi Kozhumam, Vicki Zhang, and my mom.