Experience

Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Simons Foundation SURF Fellow

  • Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

  - Undergraduate student fellow for the Simons Foundation at Stanford University in the Neurobiology department - Studied locomotor behaviors in Drosophila through behavioral recordings and data analysis - Developed interdisciplinary skills that applied to behavioral data collection and computational neuroscience - Maintained drosophila stocks and genotypes for behavioral experiments - Set up recordings and optogenetic stimulation for behavioral phenotypes - Created a poster and presented my findings at the Simons Foundation End of the Year symposium Show less



SAN FRANCISCO VA MEDICAL CENTER

• San Francisco, California, United States

• Research Study Coordinator

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2022

  - Worked on TRDRP Smoking Cessation and N-Acetylcysteine Cannabis and Tobaccos Smoking Cessation research to aid Veterans with tobacco and cannabis addiction - Aided in developing and writing a concise SOP for research projects - Worked with FDA on drug approval and VA pharmacists for dosage regimen - Collaborated with the IRB and updated study protocols to ensure research activities complied with institutional guidelines - Created and maintained Qualtrics study surveys, Excel, and Access encrypted databases Show less



Renegade Girls Tinkering

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Teacher Assistant

  • Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

  - Collaborated with lead teachers on developing lesson plans - Implemented student feedback into the curriculum and effectively explained STEM-based ideas - Managed a class of 10-15 students, leading them to engineer their own STEM projects - Problem-solved and compromised with students when they became frustrated or did not understand the lesson - Collaborated with lead teachers on developing lesson plans - Implemented student feedback into the curriculum and effectively explained STEM-based ideas - Managed a class of 10-15 students, leading them to engineer their own STEM projects - Problem-solved and compromised with students when they became frustrated or did not understand the lesson