Experience

Impetus Agriculture, Inc.

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist | Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology

  • May 2023 - Present

  Greater St. Louis



MilliporeSigma

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Product Data Specialist/Scientist

  • Jun 2017 - May 2023

  Greater St. Louis Area



Orion Genomics

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lab and Bioinformatics

  • Mar 2012 - Oct 2016

  Genetic and Epigenetic variant discovery for commercially valuable traits in Oil Palm PCR, 3730 capillary sequencing, gel electrophoresis, primer/template selection, RT-PCR, cloning including design, mutational profiling/gene discovery/genoptyping, assay development Bioinformatics tools such as BLAST, Genome Browsing/sequence alignment, Consed (sequence databases), NGS analysis



Washington University in St. Louis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst I

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2011

  Used a web-based tool to design targeted gene knockout vectors and validated construct designs through annotation of mouse gene variants. Mined biological databases using web based tools such as UCSC, BLAST, ENSEMBL and others.

• Statistical Data Analyst

  • Aug 2006 - Aug 2009

  Washington University School of Medicine Conducted statistical analyses on clinical data from multi-center genetic studies. Multitasked in multiple projects using linkage and association as well as novel genetic methods in relation to obesity and cancer related phenotypes as well as responses to drug therapy in pharmacologic trials. GXG (epistatic) interaction and complex phenotype modeling.

• Senior Research Technician

  • Oct 2000 - Aug 2006

  Finishing - DNA isolation, PCR, sequencing, gel electrophoresis, primer/template selection, strong knowledge of finishing rules, guidelines and techniques. Bioinformatics tools such as BLAST, Genome Browsing/sequence alignment, Consed (sequence databases), other web tools and Wash U 'in house' programs. As a member of finishing QA, I ensured accuracy of sequence submitted by other finishers.