Experience

Andor Technology

• United Kingdom
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Product Support & Installation Engineer

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  • Resolve mission critical system/productivity issues for end users to strengthen existing customer relationships and satisfaction with Andor products • Perform microscopy systems installations and provide end users with initial hardware/software training • Resolve mission critical system/productivity issues for end users to strengthen existing customer relationships and satisfaction with Andor products • Perform microscopy systems installations and provide end users with initial hardware/software training



Nikon Instruments

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Bioscience Sales Specialist

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2017

  ● Identified, developed and managed sales opportunities at major universities (incl. Stanford, UCSF, UC Davis, UC Berkeley) and biotech institutes in Northern California ● Provided customers with training, technical and application support for brightfield, widefield fluorescence and confocal microscopy systems along with associated imaging software packages (NIS-Elements) ● Coordinated and executed equipment demonstrations together with the Northern California team ● Configured and installed stereoscopes, upright and inverted microscopy systems based on customers needs Show less



Florida Atlantic University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Aug 2010 - Mar 2017

  ● Developed, managed and executed a research plan to investigate the role Netrin-Frazzled signaling had on neuronal circuit development & function ● Characterized new UAS-Gal4 genetic constructs to target single neurons during CNS development ● Developed a collaborative project with the Max Planck Florida Institute to reconstruct a single neuronal circuit using serial block face electron microscopy ● Collaborated with the Torrey Pines Institute to determine how an Alzheimer's related protein (RanBP9) impacted mammalian brain development ● Co-authored three scientific publications & participated in multiple scientific conferences Show less

• • Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

  ● Troubleshot/repaired IT equipment and other scientific instruments (e.g. microtomes, micromanipulators) to improve productivity in the department of Biological Sciences ● Advised and performed initial setup of Microscopy Imaging Core data processing & analysis machines ● Designed and managed web presence for the department (Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS) ● Built super computer to process and reconstruct large 3D datasets

• • 2012 - 2013

  • Taught incoming STEM undergraduates basic biological principles using standard lectures and practical lab experiments• Developed lecture and testing materials to optimize teaching effectiveness and measure student success



Florida Atlantic University

• Boca Raton, FL

• Undergraduate Research Fellow

  • 2007 - 2009

  ● Separated and enriched PBMCs from human blood via Ficoll-Hypaque separation under BSL2 conditions, utilized Dynabeads to separate T-cells from PBMC fractions, prepared T-cell enriched samples for flow cytometry analysis, cultured human and other mammalian cell lines (e.g. HeLa, HEK293), cryopreserved cell cultures for long-term storage ● Separated and enriched PBMCs from human blood via Ficoll-Hypaque separation under BSL2 conditions, utilized Dynabeads to separate T-cells from PBMC fractions, prepared T-cell enriched samples for flow cytometry analysis, cultured human and other mammalian cell lines (e.g. HeLa, HEK293), cryopreserved cell cultures for long-term storage