Experience

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  adMare BioInnovations

  • Canada
  • Biotechnology Research
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Senior Analyst, Partnerships and Business Development

    • Apr 2024 - Present

  • Senior Analyst, Program Development and Partnerships

    • Apr 2022 - May 2024

  • Scientific & Business Development Coordinator

    • Oct 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Postdoctoral Innovation Fellow

    • May 2019 - Oct 2020

    "adMare BioInnovations is a pan-Canadian enterprise with global reach, changing the landscape of the Canadian life sciences ecosystem. Working from sea to sea, and reaching globally, adMare is focused on building a national life sciences industry commensurate with our research leadership. We do this by sourcing the most therapeutically and commercially promising research from leading academic and biotech partners to create new companies of scale, providing specialized expertise and infrastructure to help existing companies scale up, and driving the growth of those companies into Canadian anchors by training the next generation of highly-qualified personnel."

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  CDRD

  • Vancouver, Canada Area

  • Postdoctoral Innovation Fellow, Drug Delivery-Formulations

    • Jul 2018 - May 2019
    • Vancouver, Canada Area

    "CDRD, Canada’s national Centre for Drug Research and Development, is a global bridge that translates discoveries into innovative therapeutic products & improved health outcomes. In collaboration with our partners, we identify & advance promising discoveries & transform them into validated investments – all while uniquely training the next generation of highly-qualified personnel to drive the development of the innovations of tomorrow."

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  Rutgers University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Research Associate

    • Jun 2015 - May 2017

    • Built innovative projects, as evidenced by a peer-reviewed publication, involving in vitro and in silico methodologies to investigate the structure-function relationship that rules collagen interactions.• Developed strategic projects, conducting feasibility studies, estimating schedules and costs, which secured laboratory funding until 2022 with a $1 M grant. • Communicated scientific data via manuscript and grant writing, and oral presentations at internal and external meetings; awarded with a prestigious talk to 800+ audience.• Simultaneously managed 2 projects on Parkinson and connective tissue diseases, assisting the PI to liaise 7 inter-department and international collaborations.• Successfully mentored 7 junior scientists, resulting in 3 scientific peer-reviewed publications, a postdoctoral fellowship and a PhD degree.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Structural Biology

    • Jul 2013 - May 2015

    • Independently developed and wrote an innovative research plan related to thrombosis and heart disease, awarded with a national AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship of $92,000. • Rigorously performed experiments involving expression of recombinant proteins (E. coli), protein purification, rational mutations, and biochemical and biophysical characterization to understand the affinity-specificity and structure-dynamics relationship of α2β1 integrin adhesion to collagen.• Identified dynamic ‘hotspots’ within the integrin molecular structure critical for the binding to collagen, resulting in a peer-reviewed journal cover.• Trained 9 junior scientists in the efficient operation and maintenance of laboratory instruments maintaining an incident-free safety record. • Fostered 4+ cross-functional collaborations by preparing and presenting progress reports at regular internal meetings, to conceive strategic approaches and set future directions. • Managed laboratory equipment by taking the initiative to update equipment, negotiate with vendors to purchase the best product for the price while remaining on budget.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Structural Biology

    • Jun 2010 - Jun 2013

    • Increased laboratory revenue, securing a R01 NIH grant of $1M by designing collaborative project to investigate the interaction of collagen protein with integrin receptors using molecular biology, NMR, among other biophysical techniques.• Led teams as a liaison between laboratories, performing and analysed experiments in different national and international laboratories to gain expertise and foster 3 inter-disciplinary collaborations.• Delivered structural results suggest the collagen triple helix to inhibit amyloid fibril formation which resulted in the co-authorship of a peer-reviewed publication.• Prepared progress reports, presenting results and emerging conclusions at regular internal meetings, to conceive strategic approaches and set future directions.• Trained and mentored 4 junior staff leading to the successful completion of their graduate, master and PhD degrees.• Reduced lab costs by about 20 % establishing partnerships with vendors and implementing an inventory system and responsibility delegation to minimize duplicate ordering.

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  National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics

  • Estonia

  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Biomolecular NMR

    • Oct 2009 - Dec 2009
    • Estonia

    • Established and managed 3 new inter-institutional collaborations, delivering high-quality structural information to different cross-disciplinary projects in the field of structural biology, material sciences and metabolomics.• Mentored and trained a graduate student in the use of NMR methodology.

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  University of Ioannina

  • Greece

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Bioinorganic Chemistry

    • Nov 2005 - Jul 2009
    • Greece

    • Elucidated a mechanism of metal-induced carcinogenesis, synthesizing and purifying peptide models of histone H2B that form DNA damaging metal-peptide complexes, securing a pre-doctoral fellowship.• Characterized toxic metal-peptide complexes by analytical and biochemical techniques, delivering project completion on time and on budget. • Employed in silico tools based on NMR results to determine the structure of a toxic Ni-H2B peptide model complex, resulting in a “hot paper” in a peer-reviewed journal.• Communicated and disseminated scientific findings in bioinorganic chemistry with 2 poster presentations at international meetings.• Coordinated interdisciplinary teams, liaising international collaborations and building effective working relationships in 5 departments distributed across 3 different countries, as evidenced by (1st/2nd) co-authorship of 7 scientific peer-reviewed publications.# Skills/Techniques: Peptide synthesis and purification, HPLC, Circular Dichroism (CD), Mass spectrometry (MS), spectrophotometry, potentiometry, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), CARA, CYANA molecular building program, Pymol molecular visualization package, electrophoresis.

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  Centro de Explicações "O Sabichão"

  • Lisbon Area, Portugal

  • Tutor in Chemistry and Physics

    • Jan 2005 - Jul 2005
    • Lisbon Area, Portugal

    • Explained chemical and physical concepts to students ranging from 13 to 18 years old, designing and planning the class in accordance with student individual needs.

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  Grupo BertrandCírculo

  • Lisbon Area, Portugal

  • Sales Associate

    • Jul 2004 - Dec 2004
    • Lisbon Area, Portugal

    Livrarias Bertrand - Online• Established and maintained a high level of customer service in accordance with bookstore philosophy, helping customer find the books and resolve any customer service issues in a timely, professional manner.• Responsible for online orders, shipping the ordered books to clients and processing returns. • Updated online database and maintained bookstore inventory records.

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  University of Ioannina

  • Greece

  • Internship in Tecnhological Chemistry

    • Feb 2004 - Oct 2004
    • Greece

    I used different analytical tools, after synthesis, to characterize the chemical properties of lanthanide carboxylates which aid the development of cheap synthetic routes for the production of fuel additives.# Skills/Techniques: NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, UV spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Thermal analysis (TG/DTA)