Experience

Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL) International, Inc., a PSI company

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  •Collaborate with a team to revise, update, and expand NIOSH's Emergency Response Safety and Health Database by collecting data from different resources and arranging it in an excel database in a traceable manner. • Update a preliminary excel database for an upcoming NIOSH project on countertop fabricators. •Collaborate with a team to revise, update, and expand NIOSH's Emergency Response Safety and Health Database by collecting data from different resources and arranging it in an excel database in a traceable manner. • Update a preliminary excel database for an upcoming NIOSH project on countertop fabricators.



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher Assistant

  • Aug 2022 - May 2023

  • Taught General Chemistry (I and II) recitation classes and lab sessions. Provided leadership and guidance to ensure student success and worked closely with fellow TAs and professors to develop students' learning experience. • Mentored individual students, helping them achieve their personal goals in addition to fulfilling general TA duties. • Taught General Chemistry (I and II) recitation classes and lab sessions. Provided leadership and guidance to ensure student success and worked closely with fellow TAs and professors to develop students' learning experience. • Mentored individual students, helping them achieve their personal goals in addition to fulfilling general TA duties.



National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Researcher

  • May 2022 - Sep 2022

  • Worked with a team in method and design optimization for a toxicology/risk assessment study (testing nanoparticles’ effects on a digestive system triculture model). • Utilized scientific knowledge to evaluate exposure risks and hazards (cytotoxicity and genotoxicity assays). • Relied on professional experience and knowledge of scientific language to present research findings and technical advice to other scientists and superiors orally and in writing. • Worked with a team in method and design optimization for a toxicology/risk assessment study (testing nanoparticles’ effects on a digestive system triculture model). • Utilized scientific knowledge to evaluate exposure risks and hazards (cytotoxicity and genotoxicity assays). • Relied on professional experience and knowledge of scientific language to present research findings and technical advice to other scientists and superiors orally and in writing.



Lebanese American University

• Lebanon
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Tested effects of exposure to chemical agents and contributed as author on the published risk assessment study “Acute cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and apoptosis induced by petroleum VOC emissions in A549 cell line” (Sayyed et al, 2022). • Prepared reports on available data in the literature and presented findings orally and in writing. • Assisted a team of scientists and seniors with preliminary analyses and implementation to adapt to research challenges. • Tested effects of exposure to chemical agents and contributed as author on the published risk assessment study “Acute cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and apoptosis induced by petroleum VOC emissions in A549 cell line” (Sayyed et al, 2022). • Prepared reports on available data in the literature and presented findings orally and in writing. • Assisted a team of scientists and seniors with preliminary analyses and implementation to adapt to research challenges.