Industry Experience

Responsible for thawing, maintaining, and subculturing Expi293 and ExpiCHO cell cultures for antibody production

Conducted Gibson Cloning protocols to clone genes of interest into expression vectors and transform into competent E.coli cells for agar plating, colony picking, and DNA scale-up

Responsible for inoculating and maintaining bacterial cell culture as well as maintaining plasmid stocks necessary for antibody production

Conducted proof of concept study to implement Transcriptionally Active PCR technology into protein expression pipeline to allow for the direct use of linear DNA fragments for transfection and functional studies. Leveraged Gel electrophoresis, vector purification techniques, protein A quantitation, PCR reaction optimization, and precise primer design to execute the protocol.

Consistently maintained and operated HPLCs, GPCs, GCs, and FTIR analytical instruments

Responsible for sample preparation to be used for drug elution testing, polymer content analysis, and study protocol testing following GMP guidelines

Responsible for sample preparation, daily testing, and instrumental analysis of the long-term kinetic drug release experiments.

Responsible for drafting technical reports of analytical data to be presented to peers and upper management

Facilitated and created a long-term lab sustainability plan to reduce the environmental impact of our analytical and R&D labs.

Conducted National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funded research, standard creation, and experimental testing of alcohol detection sensors to be implemented in all motorized vehicles

Responsible for the data analysis of gathered information to predict trends and present relevant information to executives

Aided in facilitating a successful ISO 17025 Audit

Creating websites for NHTSA, ACTS, and DADSS Programs.

Responsible for the formulation of experiments to be used for alcohol sensor analysis

Responsible for writing formal test plans and research papers

Created learning modules discussing the science behind our testing methods (IR spectroscopy, experimental testing procedure, and the function of the DADSS program) to be taught to middle school-aged students