Experience

Pivot Bio

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Scientist I

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2022

  -Developed novel double emulsion microfluidics platform for high-throughput cultivation of diverse microbes -Determined relative role of direct electron uptake on iron(0) corrosion by SO4-reducing bacterium -Independently secured $350,000 in research funding by writing 2 successful proposals: Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Simons Foundation and NSF C-DEBI seed grant -Initiated and led collaboration merging microbial physiology, microfluidic droplet systems, rheology, and microbiome analysis across 4 Stanford University laboratories Show less



Indiana University Bloomington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2018

  -Characterized core rules governing beneficial cross-feeding interactions in a model microbial mutualism -Designed systems biology approach to compare microbial physiologies in pure and mixed cultures -Implemented 13C metabolic flux analysis to decipher redox strategies in purple nonsulfur bacteria -Trained in advanced microbiological and analytical chemistry techniques including anaerobic culturing, molecular biology, strain engineering, HPLC, gas chromatography, GC-MS, and mathematical kinetic models. Show less



Oklahoma State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2012 - May 2013

  -Identified diversity in regulation of osmoadaptative strategies in halophilic Archaea -Developed bioinformatics pipeline to probe phylogeny accuracy from 3 mil unannotated 16S -Identified diversity in regulation of osmoadaptative strategies in halophilic Archaea -Developed bioinformatics pipeline to probe phylogeny accuracy from 3 mil unannotated 16S