Experience

BlueRock Therapeutics

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Research Associate

  • Mar 2023 - Present

• Research Assistant II

  • Jul 2021 - Mar 2023

  - Data and Video Analysis- Uses behavioral testing to asses potential for cellular therapies in neurodegenerative models in mice.- Performs histology (cryosectioning, immunofluorescence staining) on neural tissues.- Performs stereotaxic surgeries on mice



PsychoGenics

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant 1

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Used behavioral pharmacological techniques focused on improving prevention and treatment for opioid misuse and addiction and enhancing pain management. • Established models and quantified data from tasks designed to investigate affective and thermal sensitivity in rats. • Experienced with dosing routes such as intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, oral gavage, as well as paw and knee joint injections. • Responsible for handling of controlled substances. • Used behavioral pharmacological techniques focused on improving prevention and treatment for opioid misuse and addiction and enhancing pain management. • Established models and quantified data from tasks designed to investigate affective and thermal sensitivity in rats. • Experienced with dosing routes such as intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, oral gavage, as well as paw and knee joint injections. • Responsible for handling of controlled substances.



Montclair State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

  Applied Neuropharmacology LaboratoryMaster's Thesis ProjectThesis Advisor (Dr. Alan Pehrson)• Used behavioral pharmacological and histological techniques to investigate the biology underlying cognitive function in rodents• Quantified data from rodent behavioral tasks through computer programs such as SMART• Performed gross dissection of brain tissue in rats and mice• Used Cryosectioning techniques to sample brain tissue for histology experiments• Performed autoradiography experiments to investigate receptor expression in brain tissue• Used R to statistically analyze data. Show less

• Animal Care Technician

  • Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

  Manager: Yehia WafaResponsible for animal welfare and facilities maintenance• Maintaining the health and well-being of the animals residing in the vivarium facility including: o Ratso Miceo Gerbilso Zebrafish

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2018

  Principal Researcher (Dr. Ruth Propper)• Assisted in measuring cortical changes in the hemodynamic response associated with memory and spatial processing using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)• Performed signal analysis using computer programs including fnirSoft and COBI Studio

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2018

  Principle Researcher (Dr. David Townsend)• Designed experimental materials to interpret how eye movements can reveal difficulties in sentence comprehension• Quantified and analyzed data using computer programs such as Eyelink



Kessler Foundation

• United States
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2016

  Advisor: Kathy Chiou, Ph.D. • Data collection and analysis of neuropsychological evaluations and fMRI scans through computer programs such as FSL Advisor: Kathy Chiou, Ph.D. • Data collection and analysis of neuropsychological evaluations and fMRI scans through computer programs such as FSL



Bruce Brotter, PhD

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

  Advisor: Peter Magaro, Ph.D. • Data collection from neuropsychological evaluations Advisor: Peter Magaro, Ph.D. • Data collection from neuropsychological evaluations