Hector D. Neira, PhD

Research Scientist III - High Throughput Screening at Sound Agriculture
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(386) 825-5501
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Berkeley, California, United States, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials

  • Designing a Presentation
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Sound Agriculture
    • United States
    • Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Research Scientist III - High Throughput Screening
      • Jul 2023 - Present

  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
    • United States
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Staff R&D Scientist, Surface Chemistry
      • May 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Berkeley Lights
    • United States
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Applications Development Engineer
      • Feb 2022 - May 2022

      - Lead R&D scientist for internal and external projects, addressing development and optimization of secretion assays and recovery of live cells from integrated microfluidic systems

    • Applications Development Engineer
      • Jul 2019 - Feb 2022

      - Created software-hardware tools to manipulate and assay cells in integrated microfluidic systems for applications supporting production and scale up of protein therapeutics

  • University of California, Berkeley
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PhD Graduate Student
      • May 2014 - Jun 2019

      • Engineered chemically polyfunctional gels as protein separation matrices for multi-stage proteomic assays • Characterized performance of light-responsive materials as scaffolds for enzyme immobilization, including a computational model for error propagation through sequential data transformations • Engineered chemically polyfunctional gels as protein separation matrices for multi-stage proteomic assays • Characterized performance of light-responsive materials as scaffolds for enzyme immobilization, including a computational model for error propagation through sequential data transformations

  • Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Breast Tumor Margin Detection (Masters Design Project)
      • Aug 2012 - Feb 2014

      Developed and prototyped inexpensive device to enable surgeons and pathologists to collaboratively evaluate tumor margins during breast conserving surgery in collaboration with clinical faculty and four-member engineering team

    • Improved Tuberculosis Diagnostics for the Developing World (Masters Design Project)
      • Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

      • Devised surface modification scheme to concentrate tuberculosis bacteria from clinical samples onto surfaces to increase sensitivity of microscopy-based diagnostics in five-member engineering and public health faculty team • Conducted field research in urban/rural India to identify key user needs and inform user-centered design methods

  • W.L. Gore & Associates
    • Elkton, MD
    • R&D/Quality Engineer
      • Jun 2010 - May 2012

      - Led analytical characterization of degradable antimicrobial polymer coatings, and initiated improvements to R&D batch solvent-coating process in collaboration with senior scientist - Supported manufacturing quality assurance of extruded, non-woven bioabsorbable medical devices including shelf-life studies, engineering support for manufacturing equipment (IQ/OQ), and new process validations (PQ) - Led analytical characterization of degradable antimicrobial polymer coatings, and initiated improvements to R&D batch solvent-coating process in collaboration with senior scientist - Supported manufacturing quality assurance of extruded, non-woven bioabsorbable medical devices including shelf-life studies, engineering support for manufacturing equipment (IQ/OQ), and new process validations (PQ)

  • W.L. Gore & Associates
    • Elkton, MD
    • Summer Research Intern
      • May 2009 - Jul 2009

      Synthesized tissue adhesives and developed mechanical methods to assess adhesive performance on animal tissue. Correlated adhesive performance to viscoelastic and thermal properties of the polymer tissue adhesives Synthesized tissue adhesives and developed mechanical methods to assess adhesive performance on animal tissue. Correlated adhesive performance to viscoelastic and thermal properties of the polymer tissue adhesives

  • W.L. Gore & Associates
    • Elkton, MD
    • Summer Research Intern
      • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

      Measured effects of simulated gastric fluid composition on the kinetics of freely swelling hydrogels and pressure build up due to mechanical constriction of swelling Measured effects of simulated gastric fluid composition on the kinetics of freely swelling hydrogels and pressure build up due to mechanical constriction of swelling

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering
    2013 - 2019
  • University of California, San Francisco
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering
    2013 - 2019
  • The Johns Hopkins University
    Master of Science in Engineering (MSE), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
    2012 - 2013
  • University of Maryland College Park
    Bachelor's degree, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
    2006 - 2010

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