Experience

Altis Biosystems

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director, R&D

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Senior Scientist II

  • Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

• Senior Scientist/Engineer

  • Jul 2020 - Jul 2021



KBI Biopharma

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scientist I

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020

  PD, Cell Line Development PD, Cell Line Development



Georgia Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

  -- Measured ocular compliance in BXD recombinant inbred mouse set -- Identified candidate genes controlling scleral stiffness as a potential risk factor for glaucoma -- Developed a high-throughput platform for the study of astrocyte mechanobiology -- Evaluated the effects of multiple compounds on mouse eye outflow facility -- Measured ocular compliance in BXD recombinant inbred mouse set -- Identified candidate genes controlling scleral stiffness as a potential risk factor for glaucoma -- Developed a high-throughput platform for the study of astrocyte mechanobiology -- Evaluated the effects of multiple compounds on mouse eye outflow facility



The City College of New York

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Candidate

  • Feb 2013 - Jun 2017

  Thesis work: Synthesize and characterize patterned, tough, 3D hydrogels as a fetal trachea replacement, with the goal of matching longitudinal and radial mechanical properties. Additional Activities: -- Treasurer and founding member of CCNY Society for Biomaterials -- Managed two undergraduate students -- Teaching Assistant for Cell & Tissue Engineering (graduate) -- Teaching Assistant for Dynamic Systems & Modeling (undergraduate)

• Instructor for Graduate Scientific Ethics Course

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  -- Approached BME department members and was given opportunity to co-teach and develop curriculum -- Lectured 18 students on topics including authorship, genetically modified organisms, and biosecurity -- Arranged for three guest lecturers with expertise in the field -- Motivated five students to write submissions to the journal Ethics in Biology, Engineering, & Medicine



Mount Sinai Health System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant (Rotation)

  • Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

  -- Optimized a novel multi engineered cardiac tissue bioreactor system -- Developed a research proposal to investigate role of passive stretch in hypertrophic response of human engineered cardiac tissues -- Optimized a novel multi engineered cardiac tissue bioreactor system -- Developed a research proposal to investigate role of passive stretch in hypertrophic response of human engineered cardiac tissues



Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY)

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2012



Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Peer Career Adviser

  • Apr 2009 - May 2012

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010



University of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010



University of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009