Daniel grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is currently a second year at UVA double majoring in Biology and Statistics and minoring in Spanish. He worked with Ashley Bolte on her project investigating TBI and meningeal lymphatics and is the lab RNAseq guru for all projects. Outside of the lab, Daniel was a part of the University Guide Service, worked as a scribe in the emergency department, and worked as an introductory chemistry TA. Daniel is now a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania.