Experience

AliveDx

• Switzerland
• Medical Device
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Team Leader, Manufacturing and Operational Support

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Manufacturing Engineering Lead

  • Jul 2020 - Jan 2023

• Manufacturing Technology Specialist

  • Feb 2020 - Jul 2020

• Biomanufacturing Specialist

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2020

• Associate Bioprocess Scientist

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  Quotient Limited is developing the next generation automated platform for transfusion diagnostics, MosaiQ™- Support the Bioprocess team leading the setup of a new bio-manufacturing site• Ensuring on- and off-site the tech transfer of purification and formulation of antibodies for downstream process, in collaboration with R&D• Ensuring the manufacturing activities and coordinate them by working closely with multiple departments across sites (R&D, Supply Chain, Quality, RA)• Ensuring process data to be recorded in the database in force; maintenance and troubleshooting of this database• Analyzing and monitoring data, lead non-conformance from production activities, perform root cause analysis and process investigation• Conducting duties in compliance with GMP, GDP and regulatory requirements Show less

• Bioprocess trainee

  • Apr 2016 - Oct 2016

  Mentored towards undertaking the roles and responsibilities of an associate bioprocess scientist



EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  Study on the molecular screening of cancer-derived exosomes - Purification of breast cancer exosomes through size-exclusion chromatography - Development of an ELISA test to profile exosomes from different cell lines - Single nucleic acid detection using In-Gel PCR - Synthesis of highly specialized giant unilamellar vesicles Supervisors: Dr. Romain Wyss, Dr. Luigino Grasso and Prof. Horst Vogel Publication: Molecular screening of cancer-derived exosomes by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00216-015-8711-5 Published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Show less



Etat de Vaud

• Switzerland
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• High School Teacher

  • Nov 2014 - Feb 2015

  Part-time teacher for all subjects at the secondary school level Part-time teacher for all subjects at the secondary school level



Etat de Vaud

• Switzerland
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• State employee (summer job)

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2014

  State employee at the administration of a vocational school for apprenticeship State employee at the administration of a vocational school for apprenticeship



University College Dublin

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Student

  • Sep 2013 - May 2014

  Project n°1 – The influence of the microenvironment on YAP1 protein localisation in human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSC) - Generation of functionalised polyacrylamide substrates mimicking the extracellular matrix - Live cell imaging to investigate cellular behaviour and immunocytochemistry - Quantification of the nuclear YAP protein localisation on hMSC using Image J Project n°2 – Development of a novel microfluidic device: a tool for screening combination therapies - Fabrication of the device in a cleanroom and its surface treatment - Characterisation of the concentration gradient across the chamber of the device - Imaging cell viability after surface treatment and immunocytochemistry Supervisors: Dr. Devrim Kilinc and Prof. Gil U. Lee Publication: A microfluidic dual gradient generator for conducting cell-based drug combination assays http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ib/c5ib00209e#!divAbstract Published in Integrative Biology Public poster presentation and thesis Show less



EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant under the Swiss Civil Service program

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2013

  Study on the role of mitochondria in the establishment of social status among rats – Implications for physical and mental health - Social dominance experiments on Wistar rats and behavioral analysis - Extraction of the rat brain tissues and investigation of the expression of key proteins involved in social dominance through Western blotting Supervisors: Dr. Fiona Hollis and Prof. Carmen Sandi Acknowledgement in paper: Hollis et al., Mitochondrial function in the brain links anxiety with social subordination http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/11/24/1512653112 Published in PNAS Show less



EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2012

  1. Teaching assistant during two semesters for a General Chemistry course for the engineering students of EPFL2. Teaching assistant of lab practical for first year students in Biology and Pharmacy at University of Lausanne

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  Study on the preservation of isolated cell nuclei after polymer treatment and their potential use in artificial cells in synthetic biology- Nuclei isolation from live cells- Confocal imaging over time and the analysis on the stability/function of these nucleiSupervisors: Dr. Horst Pick and Prof. Horst Vogel