Experience

Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Candidate

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences Advisor: Alan Hauser, MD/PhD Project: High throughput infection models to identify accessory genomic elements (AGEs) driving Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxicity Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences Advisor: Alan Hauser, MD/PhD Project: High throughput infection models to identify accessory genomic elements (AGEs) driving Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxicity



University of Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  NIH Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) Advisor: Glenn Randall, PhD Project: Control of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Cellular RNA Degradation Machinery NIH Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) Advisor: Glenn Randall, PhD Project: Control of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Cellular RNA Degradation Machinery



Northwest Laboratory

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Molecular/PCR Technician

  • Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

  - Preform RNA extractions for SARS-CoV-2 testing - Operate INTEGRA electronic pipettes and pipetting robots - Prepares reagents and other consumables for extraction procedures - Performs routine cleaning and maintenance of equipment, supplies and assigned work area. - Preform RT-qPCR based SARS-CoV-2 testing - Preform RNA extractions for SARS-CoV-2 testing - Operate INTEGRA electronic pipettes and pipetting robots - Prepares reagents and other consumables for extraction procedures - Performs routine cleaning and maintenance of equipment, supplies and assigned work area. - Preform RT-qPCR based SARS-CoV-2 testing



Western Washington University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Microscopy Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  - Train 400-level students to image Tetrahymena on a DeltaVision Deconvolution microscope - Troubleshoot upright and inverted microscopes - Mentor students through coursework and projects using ImageJ and vector-based graphics. - Use DeltaVision Deconvolution microscope to render 3-D fluorescent videos of deblurred specimens- Immunofluorescence staining to visualize cilia and centrosomes

• Researcher

  • Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

  - Mammalian cell culture with 3T3 cells and hTERT-RPE cells- Fluorescence microscopy with a Nikon TI2 microscope running on MicroManager- Preform molecular cloning and transfections- Investigating protein trafficking between cilia and the Golgi apparatus

• Organic Chemistry Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2019

  - Respond to chemical spills or safety hazards- Prepare common lab solutions and reagents with clear labels and well-documented descriptions- Operate IR machine, rotary evaporator, and other lab equipment - Evaluate 300-level student assignments and troubleshoot experiments



Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher (NSF REU)

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

  - Recombination-mediated genetic engineering (recombineering) on S.enterica and E.coli - Streak plating and serial dilutions for bacterial enumeration - Protein secretion assays & western blotting to visualize protein expression and protein secretion titers - Valdes A., Burdette L.A., Wong H.T., Ikonmova S.P., Tullman-Ercek D. (August 2019). The effects of pathogenic gene knock out on protein secretion titer in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Presented at SYNBREU Symposium, Evanston, IL. Show less