diff --git a/_pages/about.md b/_pages/about.md
index f4219b0..e2bf628 100644
--- a/_pages/about.md
+++ b/_pages/about.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 layout: about
 title: about
 permalink: /
-subtitle: <a href='#'>Affiliations</a>. Address. Contacts. Motto. Etc.
+subtitle: PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering & Computational Science, MIT
 
 profile:
   align: right
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ selected_papers: false
 social: true
 
 announcements:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
   scrollable: true
   limit: 5
 ---
@@ -24,5 +24,3 @@ I'm a PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering and Computational Science in the Kul
 I completed my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering at the University of Southern California, where I conducted undergraduate research in computational catalysis under the mentorship of Professor Shaama Sharada. During my time at USC, I served as a summer R&D intern with ExxonMobil where I developed computational tools to automate the modeling and design of heat-exchanger equipment. Prior to joining MIT, I spent a gap year working full-time as an Operations Engineer at SpaceX optimizing spacecraft production.
 
 Outside of research, I enjoy concerts, playing music, movies, baseball, and Formula 1.
-
-Link to your social media connections, too. This theme is set up to use [Font Awesome icons](https://fontawesome.com/) and [Academicons](https://jpswalsh.github.io/academicons/), like the ones below. Add your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, or just disable all of them.
diff --git a/_pages/blog.md b/_pages/blog.md
index b8cdbd9..4af1fbb 100644
--- a/_pages/blog.md
+++ b/_pages/blog.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 layout: default
 permalink: /blog/
 title: blog
-nav: true
+nav: false
 nav_order: 1
 pagination:
   enabled: true
diff --git a/_pages/dropdown.md b/_pages/dropdown.md
index dc4302e..d10c1b5 100644
--- a/_pages/dropdown.md
+++ b/_pages/dropdown.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 layout: page
 title: submenus
-nav: true
+nav: false
 nav_order: 8
 dropdown: true
 children:
diff --git a/_pages/profiles.md b/_pages/profiles.md
index d7ca045..ad5b8bb 100644
--- a/_pages/profiles.md
+++ b/_pages/profiles.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: profiles
 permalink: /people/
 title: people
 description: members of the lab or group
-nav: true
+nav: false
 nav_order: 7
 
 profiles:
diff --git a/_pages/repositories.md b/_pages/repositories.md
index cba3870..8b263b0 100644
--- a/_pages/repositories.md
+++ b/_pages/repositories.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: page
 permalink: /repositories/
 title: repositories
 description: Edit the `_data/repositories.yml` and change the `github_users` and `github_repos` lists to include your own GitHub profile and repositories.
-nav: true
+nav: false
 nav_order: 4
 ---
 
diff --git a/_pages/teaching.md b/_pages/teaching.md
index 94b7197..1505aa8 100644
--- a/_pages/teaching.md
+++ b/_pages/teaching.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: page
 permalink: /teaching/
 title: teaching
 description: Course materials, schedules, and resources for classes taught.
-nav: true
+nav: false
 nav_order: 6
 calendar: true
 ---