Mariam received a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2021 before starting a Fulbright Fellowship where she conducted a field study to develop and verify methods to quantify antimicrobial resistant pathogens in surface waters environments in urban India.
As an undergraduate, Mariam was a project manager for Engineers Without Borders and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea and Mali, West Africa.
Mariam’s interests lie in infectious disease, environmental surveillance, and global health.