Experience

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Scientific Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Advise the NIDCD Scientific Director in a deputy capacity, serve as a scientific resource on a wide range of strategic and program planning issues within NIDCD Division of Intramural Research (DIR), and direct the NIDCD DIR Training Program.

• Intramural Chief of Staff

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2022

  Worked at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) in the Office of the Scientific Director. Developed and implemented programming within the Division of Intramural Research and advising the NIDCD Scientific Director on program planning.

• Scientific Program Manager

  • May 2015 - Sep 2016

  Worked at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) in the Office of the Scientific Director. Developing and implementing program planning within the Division of Intramural Research, including developing formal and informal training for fellows.

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Apr 2012 - May 2015

  Worked at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) as a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Intramural Research. Used live imaging techniques to examine inner ear supporting cell activity and the roles of supporting cells following sensory hair cell death induced by either aminoglycoside antibiotics or the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • 2007 - Mar 2012

  Created in vitro and ex vivo models of heart valve disease to use as testing platforms for statin drugs.

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2005 - May 2007

  Studied the auditory system using a behavioral animal model of sound localization.



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2004 - May 2005

  Contributed to the characterization of a mutant nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) from the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) of a transgenic mouse model. Contributed to the characterization of a mutant nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) from the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) of a transgenic mouse model.



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2003 - Dec 2003

  Assisted in developing a spin-coating protocol for the application of thin ceramic films onto silicon wafers. Assisted in developing a spin-coating protocol for the application of thin ceramic films onto silicon wafers.