Experience

CARBON-CARBON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Program Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Quote, negotiate, and review purchase orders prior to the contract being fully executed. Setup, coordinate, and oversee several small to large programs (mostly government subcontracts) in order to ensure the program tasks and deliverables are continually performing to the project scope within budget and on schedule through their completion.

• Engineering Project Coordinator

  • May 2018 - Jan 2020

  Simultaneously manage and oversee a government-funded R&D program (with a ~$6 million dollar budget) and provide support to the Director of Engineering in all departmental needs consisting of pulling weekly engineering schedules, meeting coordination, business development efforts, resource and workload assessments, interdepartmental coordination, and hiring.



UT Southwestern Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Research Associate/ Lab Manager

  • Dec 2016 - Apr 2018

  Responsible for the oversight and implementation of proper lab safety initiatives and guidelines in order to maintain an efficient laboratory of 13 staff members comprised of research technicians, post-doctoral fellows, and medical fellows while developing and managing my independent research projects. • Hiring and on-boarding of new personnel. Ensure proper salary sourcing for each staff member. • Guaranteeing expenditure of all grants funding (30+ grants) within each fiscal year as well as ensuring that each order is within budgetary limitations in coordination with the grants and accounting departments. Having most recent balances for all grants accounts at all times. • Maintain full functionality of all laboratory equipment by negotiating and managing maintenance, repair, and replacement contracts with vendors. • Act as a point of contact for all issues pertaining to the laboratory. • Responsible for forward progress on several research projects which includes project design, data acquisition, data analysis, report/manuscript preparation, and prepare presentations for monthly lab meeting. • Supervise and mentor research technicians on related research projects including experimental design, implementation, data analysis, and optimization. Show less



NIH-National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

• IRTA Fellow

  • Jul 2008 - Jun 2009

  Identified key single nucleotide polymorphisms, amongst different candidate genes, that could potentially contribute to neural tube defect risk. Identified key single nucleotide polymorphisms, amongst different candidate genes, that could potentially contribute to neural tube defect risk.



Vanderbilt University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Undergraduate Student Research Fellow

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Determination of single nucleotide polymorphisms important for the determination of autism in candidate regions of potential key genes. Determination of single nucleotide polymorphisms important for the determination of autism in candidate regions of potential key genes.



New Mexico State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MARC Fellow

  • Jun 2005 - May 2007

  Genetically increasing the levels of a key amnio acid by the addition of key enzymatic regulators in alfalfa plants. Identification and maintenance of the transgenic alfalfa plants that showed increased protein levels of the key amino acid. Genetically increasing the levels of a key amnio acid by the addition of key enzymatic regulators in alfalfa plants. Identification and maintenance of the transgenic alfalfa plants that showed increased protein levels of the key amino acid.



Tufts University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Undergraduate Student Research Fellow

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  Analyzing the effect of EGCG, the main component in green tea, on breast cancer cell lines and determine if EGCG can induce senescence. Analyzing the effect of EGCG, the main component in green tea, on breast cancer cell lines and determine if EGCG can induce senescence.