Amira (she/hers) is Nigerian-American and grew up in Baltimore, MD. She studies chemistry at Boston University and joined the Porco Group in fall of 2022, where she works with Feng on the large-scale synthesis of key building blocks for Spiromeroterpenoid Synthesis. Amira hopes to pursue graduate studies in organic chemistry. 
In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading, traveling, and spending time with family.