Alanna Boller

Alanna Boller

Biography

Alanna Boller is an incoming sophomore at the Georgia Institute of Technology majoring in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. She is passionate about human health and the environment and wants to earn her Ph.D in Bioengineering. In the future she hopes to use her education to help both people and the planet, whether through advocacy or science. Her love for research began in high school when she had the opportunity to intern in and explore Emory labs. She is interested in learning more about gene editing, organoids, protein engineering, and the various abilities of RNA. While school is in session, Alanna works in an Emory Lab studying RNA viruses. Alanna hopes to inspire more people in her community to pursue STEM and scientific research. She hopes that the effects of her research will reach everyone in the world despite economic or geographical limitations.