Experience

Kodiak Sciences

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Principal Scientist

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Palo Alto, California, United States Protein Engineering

• Senior Scientist

  • Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

  Palo Alto, California, United States Protein Engineering

• Scientist II

  • Jul 2020 - Aug 2021

  Palo Alto, California, United States Protein Engineering



UC Santa Barbara

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Student

  • Sep 2014 - Jul 2020

  Santa Barbara, California Area Christopher Hayes Lab, Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology (June 2016-Current) • Discovered and published a novel control of protein secretion arrest and restart in a bacterial surface protein. • Engineered chimeric proteins to visually report protein secretion across bacterial outer membrane. • Trained and mentored a Biology undergraduate researcher. Patrick Daugherty Lab, Chemical Engineering (Jun 2015-Jun 2016) • Generated the first database of antigen repertoire… Show more Christopher Hayes Lab, Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology (June 2016-Current) • Discovered and published a novel control of protein secretion arrest and restart in a bacterial surface protein. • Engineered chimeric proteins to visually report protein secretion across bacterial outer membrane. • Trained and mentored a Biology undergraduate researcher. Patrick Daugherty Lab, Chemical Engineering (Jun 2015-Jun 2016) • Generated the first database of antigen repertoire from patients with Parkinson’s disease using bacterial peptide display and NGS. • Established a guided evolution to engineer peptides that bind to a synthetic polymer membrane. • Trained and mentored a Chemical Engineering undergraduate researcher. Show less



Pro Farm Group - Formerly Marrone Bio Innovations

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Research Scientist

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2014

  Davis, CA • Developed a fluorescent-microscopy-based assay and optimized a high-throughput assay to discover novel compounds. • Acquired two years of experience on commercial product development from microbial cultures. • Trained and managed 2 assistant research scientists and 5 undergraduate interns.



University of California, Davis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2012

  Davis, CA Valerie Williamson Lab, UC Davis Nematology • Developed a low-cost PCR-based diagnostic test to determine root-knot nematode species. • Collected data to evaluate how some nematode species penetrate nematode-resistant tomato variants.