Engineer

• Jan 2023 - Present

Staff Process Integration Engineer, Technology Development

• Mar 2021 - Jan 2023

Sr. Process Integration Engineer, Technology Development

• Nov 2017 - Mar 2021

-Lead cross-disciplinary R&D work group projects for nanopatterning of IC interconnects to drive yield, quality and performance.-Collaborated with all microfabrication modules (etch, litho, thin films, CMP), device, metrology, failure analysis and QnR teams to design, develop and debug novel integrated processes.-Key skills: Design of experiments (DOE), microfabrication, failure and root-cause analysis.

Graduate Student, Cellular Biomechanics

• Sep 2010 - Jun 2017

-Developed methods to measure and quantify the physical forces live cells generate using cell-sized soft hydrogels.-Characterized biophysical properties of microtubules, which are highly dynamic biopolymers crucial to neuronal growth and cell division.-Key skills: Hydrogel-cell interaction, rheology of soft materials, microinjection, cell-culture, optical and confocal fluorescence microscopy, image processing and 3D reconstruction.

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2010 - Jun 2017

Circuits Lab, Sensors Lab, Cellular Biophysics, Vibrations, MechEng Design.

Undergraduate Summer Intern, Guided Neuronal Growth

• Jun 2009 - Sep 2009

-Neuronal axon guidance using laser patterning of proteins - a bottom-up approach to building simple neuronal circuits with mouse brain cells. -Key skills: glass surface functionalization and laser patterning, neuronal biology. -Neuronal axon guidance using laser patterning of proteins - a bottom-up approach to building simple neuronal circuits with mouse brain cells. -Key skills: glass surface functionalization and laser patterning, neuronal biology.