Experience

Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Candidate

  • Sep 2016 - Present



Cedars-Sinai

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

• Clinical Research Coordinator II

  • Oct 2014 - Jul 2016



Massachusetts General Hospital

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

• Clinical Research Coordinator II

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2014

  Clinical Research Coordinator II, Neurological Clinical Research Institute 01/2014 – 07/2014 • Spearheaded Institute’s first spinal cord stem cell implantation and injected cells during surgery • Guided Northeast ALS Consortium Committee on feasibility of human sample sharing • Trained new research coordinators on trial specific procedures and protocols • Oversaw subject recruitment and retention, study visits and documentation for 5-10 ALS studies Clinical Research Coordinator I, Neurological Clinical Research Institute 06/2013 – 01/2014 • Originated and maintained IRB and regulatory documentation as well as study participant files • Monitored laboratory analyses of study participants and reported clinical findings to physicians • Directed regulatory communications between FDA, sponsor, monitor, and principal investigator Show less



NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Microbiologist II

  • Oct 2009 - Jul 2013

  Microbiologist II 01/2011 – 06/2013 • Collaborated with CEO and VP to synthesize data and documentation for IND application • Trained junior employees on mammalian cell culture and all secondary assays • Managed assays, including antibiotic compound cytotoxicity testing, and mammalian cell lines • Developed and perfected molecular assays including macromolecular synthesis Microbiologist I 10/2009 – 12/2010 • Assessed and implemented standard operating procedures and maintained laboratory inventory • Isolated and identified rare strains of actinomycetes in search of a new antibiotic compound Show less



University of New Hampshire

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab Technician

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  • Designed assay to determine inorganic nitrogen content of soil samples from long term plots exposed to warming and increased nitrogen at Harvard Forest to study climate change effects

• Independent Biology Researcher

  • Sep 2008 - May 2009

  • Implemented standard protocol at MHC from summer REU at UNH to complete summer research by networking with professors to find lab space, an advisor, and a journal club to join

• Research Intern (REU)

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  • Developed protocol to determine if the rate of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal associations varied between plant composition communities in experimental wetland mesocosm root samples



Anaerobe Systems

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2007

  • Isolated and identified anaerobic bacteria from environmental samples with a focus on cellulose-digesting organisms and methanogens for two summers during college • Isolated and identified anaerobic bacteria from environmental samples with a focus on cellulose-digesting organisms and methanogens for two summers during college