Biomedical Engineer II

• Oct 2022 - Present

Biomedical Engineer

• May 2021 - Oct 2022

Biomedical Engineering Intern

• Feb 2021 - May 2021

Graduate Research Assistant - Laboratory for Neural Engineering and Control

• Sep 2020 - May 2021

• Overseeing an Alzheimer’s research project, training over 20 mice in a radial maze experiment • Preforming Clozapine N-oxide injections into the Locus Coeruleus to activate the DREADDS receptors in order to hyperactivate norepinephrine production. • Preforming histology and perfusions on >16-month mice to quantitatively analyze effects of CNO on beta amyloid plaque aggregation • Overseeing an Alzheimer’s research project, training over 20 mice in a radial maze experiment • Preforming Clozapine N-oxide injections into the Locus Coeruleus to activate the DREADDS receptors in order to hyperactivate norepinephrine production. • Preforming histology and perfusions on >16-month mice to quantitatively analyze effects of CNO on beta amyloid plaque aggregation

Data Science Intern

• May 2019 - Dec 2020

Focused on QuartzBio, to analyze datasets and collect standardized data of different assay types and from different labs and apply AI to deliver actionable insights. • Built a source code in R for use in biomarker data management, translational informatics, and biomarker driven clinical research • Co-authored a paper on Reverse Causal Inferencing on Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients Reveals a Stem cell-like Molecular Subtype associated with pack year history, accepted for publication Focused on QuartzBio, to analyze datasets and collect standardized data of different assay types and from different labs and apply AI to deliver actionable insights. • Built a source code in R for use in biomarker data management, translational informatics, and biomarker driven clinical research • Co-authored a paper on Reverse Causal Inferencing on Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients Reveals a Stem cell-like Molecular Subtype associated with pack year history, accepted for publication

Undergraduate Research Assistant - USC Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory

• Jan 2019 - May 2020

• Wrote 2 review papers on the novel insertion technique and electrode characterization of fabricated probes by determining the source of cross talk and what factors speed up polymer array delamination. • Developed and researched new insertion techniques for flexible (parylene C based) brain probes for a more stable and low foreign body response insertion • Redesigned a mold which allows to apply PEG brace to multiple 2D array in parallel at the same time helps the 3D stacking • Wrote 2 review papers on the novel insertion technique and electrode characterization of fabricated probes by determining the source of cross talk and what factors speed up polymer array delamination. • Developed and researched new insertion techniques for flexible (parylene C based) brain probes for a more stable and low foreign body response insertion • Redesigned a mold which allows to apply PEG brace to multiple 2D array in parallel at the same time helps the 3D stacking

Research Assistant

• Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

Focused on discovering the starting pathway of SUMO and Ubiquitin to begin the process of viewing the synergistic effects of their respective inhibitors •Researched the mechanism of DNA repair processes by testing different TDP1 and TDP2 inhibitors on TDP1 and TDP2 respectively •Created test protocol essays to examine the effect and synergetic effects of both TOP and SUMO inhibitors on different cancer cell lines Focused on discovering the starting pathway of SUMO and Ubiquitin to begin the process of viewing the synergistic effects of their respective inhibitors •Researched the mechanism of DNA repair processes by testing different TDP1 and TDP2 inhibitors on TDP1 and TDP2 respectively •Created test protocol essays to examine the effect and synergetic effects of both TOP and SUMO inhibitors on different cancer cell lines