Dr. Özlem Yilmaz Research Lab
 At Medical University of South Carolina

Emma Byrne is a sophomore at the College of Charleston, where she is completing her B.S. in biology with a biomedical concentration. She has been a member of the Yilmaz lab since March 2025. She was a part of MUSC's 2025 Student Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), where she worked with the Yilmaz lab to conduct and present an independent project related to the Yilmaz Lab's research. Outside of the lab, she is a member of the Honors Program and a Chemistry Student Instructor at the College of Charleston.