Experience

Eurofins Discovery

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Scientist III, Team Lead

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  ● Lead the transfer of the Products department to a new site, ensuring a smooth transition through extensive planning, staff training, and documentation. Over $340,000 of physical inventory relocated. ● Revitalized lapsed Product department and portfolio of ~500 SKUs by leading independent projects including inventory reorganization, establishing QC and record keeping processes, expanding the product portfolio, and increasing production to ensure on-demand product availability. ● Performed adherent and shake flask cell culture for GPCR-transfected mammalian cell lines including RBL, HEK, and CHO cell hosts for use downstream in product manufacturing. ● Produced membrane preparations products via nitrogen cavitation and validated new lots through radioligand binding and GTPɣS assays. ● Expanded and banked stable and ready-to-assay cell line products and validated new lots via FLIPR calcium flux and cAMP assays. ● Analyzed validation data to make recommendations on product lot release. ● Managed products through the life cycle consisting of cell culture, production, validation, QC data analysis and lot release, and client technical support. ● Lead inter-departmental programs including radioactive usage training and a mycoplasma testing program. ● Trained staff members on product manufacturing, validation, data analysis, and documentation leading to immediate increased production capacity. ● Operated Sciex Triple Quad 5500 and Thermo Scientific Q Exactive mass spectrometers. ● Analyzed mass spectrometry chromatography using softwares Analyst, MultiQuant, and Gubbs to produce data and generate client reports on time. ● Performed and interpreted mass spectrometry data. ● Developed stable cell lines via transfection of HEK cells with Maxcyte electroporation, single cell cloning, and validation through functional fluorescent assays. ● Performed 3-step ELISAs and MSD electrochemiluminescence assays to measure cellular immune responses to client samples. Show less



Saint Louis University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant and Lab Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  ● Performed lab techniques in molecular and cellular biology such as PCR, bacterial transformation, culturing bacteria, DNA and RNA extractions, and mammalian cell culture. ● Managed lab inventory tracking, stock replenishing, procurement, and liaising between the lab and administration and sales representatives. ● Aided in husbandry, management, and phenotypic characterization of transgenic mice colonies. ● Performed lab techniques in molecular and cellular biology such as PCR, bacterial transformation, culturing bacteria, DNA and RNA extractions, and mammalian cell culture. ● Managed lab inventory tracking, stock replenishing, procurement, and liaising between the lab and administration and sales representatives. ● Aided in husbandry, management, and phenotypic characterization of transgenic mice colonies.



Hendrix College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Three-Finger Toxin Researcher

  • Apr 2013 - May 2014

  ● Expanded the genomic library of three-finger toxins found in coral snake venom through DNA extraction, PCR, purifying DNA from agarose gels, and DNA sequencing. ● Presented methods and findings at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. ● Expanded the genomic library of three-finger toxins found in coral snake venom through DNA extraction, PCR, purifying DNA from agarose gels, and DNA sequencing. ● Presented methods and findings at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.