Founder

• Dec 2021 - Present

Graduate Research Associate, Geoffroy Lab

• Aug 2019 - Feb 2023

• Created novel therapeutic strategies for neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases • Conducted preclinical studies assessing neurological, cognitive, and locomotor recovery using rodent spinal cord injury models • Managed and mentored a team of >10 scientists (PhD and MS Students, Technicians, Undergraduates) • Raised $400,000 through private, local, and federal grants • Invented a novel large mammalian brain processing methodology increasing neuron viability 11-fold and purity 2-fold while reducing operating cost 2-fold • Invented a novel scar formation tool for high throughput wound healing assays improving consistency by 43% and throughput 4-fold • Developed novel cell-based assays, the first using primary neural cells from adult mammals • Techniques: Rodent Surgery, Neurotrauma Model, Large Mammal Necropsy, Pharmacokinetic Profiling, Cognition and Locomotion Behavioral Testing, Tissue Culture, Metabolic Assays, Animal Husbandry, Immunohistochemistry, Immunocytochemistry, Western Blot, Microscopy, ELISA

Business Strategist and Scientific Consultant

• May 2021 - Mar 2022

• Consulted on business and scientific matters relating to the development of a new therapeutic for spinal cord injury • Developed a novel hindlimb function analysis technique • Consulted on business and scientific matters relating to the development of a new therapeutic for spinal cord injury • Developed a novel hindlimb function analysis technique

Graduate Research Assistant, Offringa Lab

• Oct 2017 - May 2019

• Designed a tag-based RNA purification tool for target RNA isolation • Optimized recombinant protein production decreasing production time by 40% • Conducted novel analyses of the kinetic parameters of an RNA Recognition Motif of the U1A protein • Techniques: Molecular Cloning, Ligand Binding Assay, Protein Engineering, RNAstructure Design, Bacterial Cell Culture, ÄKTA Chromatography, RNA/Protein Synthesis and Purification • Designed a tag-based RNA purification tool for target RNA isolation • Optimized recombinant protein production decreasing production time by 40% • Conducted novel analyses of the kinetic parameters of an RNA Recognition Motif of the U1A protein • Techniques: Molecular Cloning, Ligand Binding Assay, Protein Engineering, RNAstructure Design, Bacterial Cell Culture, ÄKTA Chromatography, RNA/Protein Synthesis and Purification

Laboratory Technician

• Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

• Managed the certification of negative results checking for inconsistencies in the chain of custody • Made incremental changes to the company’s standard operating procedure to increase daily productivity potential • Assisted with the audit preparation process • Conducted ELISA-based hair follicle drug screenings • Managed the certification of negative results checking for inconsistencies in the chain of custody • Made incremental changes to the company’s standard operating procedure to increase daily productivity potential • Assisted with the audit preparation process • Conducted ELISA-based hair follicle drug screenings

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Sutter Lab

• Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

• Assisted with electrophysiological studies on the auditory cortex of rhesus macaques to determine how attention affects one’s neural analysis of sound • Assisted with the cleaning and maintenance of cranial implants on rhesus macaques • Assisted with electrophysiological studies on the auditory cortex of rhesus macaques to determine how attention affects one’s neural analysis of sound • Assisted with the cleaning and maintenance of cranial implants on rhesus macaques

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Gomes Lab

• Sep 2013 - Jun 2015

• Managed the development of software, writing pseudocode and testing algorithms, increasing the speed of proteasome motif sequence sorting and analysis by 70-fold • Assisted with projects regarding proteasome activity and sequence motifs in cardiovascular diseases • Managed the development of software, writing pseudocode and testing algorithms, increasing the speed of proteasome motif sequence sorting and analysis by 70-fold • Assisted with projects regarding proteasome activity and sequence motifs in cardiovascular diseases

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

• Mar 2013 - Mar 2014

• Assisted in running an educational laboratory teaching general biology • Held tutoring and review sessions for undergraduate students • Assisted in running an educational laboratory teaching general biology • Held tutoring and review sessions for undergraduate students