Experience

Symbrosia

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Coordinator

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States

• Indoor macroalgae tech

  • May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States



Hawaii Community College

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Blue Ocean Barns

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operational R&D Coordinator

  • Mar 2022 - Apr 2023



Alector

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Associate II

  • Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  Milpitas, California, United States



List Biological Laboratories, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Biochemist

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2020

  Campbell, California • Manufacturing reagent grade and cGMP proteins at biosafety level 1-3(large scale). • Management and operations of chromatography systems (AKTA/Unicorn software). • Subject Mater Expert (SME) for the KroFlo Tangential Flow Filtration units. • Maintain safety and security standards, especially with Select Agent and Toxin (SA&T), including obtaining CDC approval, and passing FBI bioterrorism background check to handle SA&T.



Forensic Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

• Metal Analyst II

  • Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

  Hayward Processed a variety of sample matrices in accordance with proper SOP for flame AA lead analysis, ICP-AES multi-metal analysis, gravimetric dust analysis, SiO2 FTIR analysis, and graphite furnace AA lead analysis.



San José State University, Chemistry Department

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area Duties and Related Skills: • Worked on thesis topic Biophysical Approaches in Studying Desolation Energy of Water in DNA:DNA Binding Systems in the Eggers lab. • Created and optimized protocol for microscale thermophoresis (MST) binding study. • Determined binding association via binding assays for the MST and isothermal titration calorimetry. • Responsible for training and managing multiple undergraduate research students. • Confirmed concentrations, via UV-Vis, of DNA and… Show more Duties and Related Skills: • Worked on thesis topic Biophysical Approaches in Studying Desolation Energy of Water in DNA:DNA Binding Systems in the Eggers lab. • Created and optimized protocol for microscale thermophoresis (MST) binding study. • Determined binding association via binding assays for the MST and isothermal titration calorimetry. • Responsible for training and managing multiple undergraduate research students. • Confirmed concentrations, via UV-Vis, of DNA and fluorophore labelled DNA. Accomplishments: • Passed final thesis seminar presentation • Presented at competitive poster session, CSUPERB 2018 • Awaiting final approval from Graduate Studies of completed thesis.

• Teaching Associate

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  San Jose, California, USA Duties and Related Skills: • Managed students in General Chemistry laboratories to supplement lecture component and teach lab safety and etiquette. • Taught as many as four classes in one semester. • Followed FERPA laws to protect student information.



Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scholar Intern

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2016

  Livermore, California, USA Duties and Related Skills: • Prepared and processed samples for C14 analysis at the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS). • The typical sample type being marine and terrestrial carbonates, anthropological samples, sediment and soil. • The typical processing methods before CO2 reduction being ABA(AAA), acid fumigation, and CO2 incubations. • Logged handling method and graphitization data in Filemaker Pro data base. • Handled waste management. • Followed trace carbon… Show more Duties and Related Skills: • Prepared and processed samples for C14 analysis at the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS). • The typical sample type being marine and terrestrial carbonates, anthropological samples, sediment and soil. • The typical processing methods before CO2 reduction being ABA(AAA), acid fumigation, and CO2 incubations. • Logged handling method and graphitization data in Filemaker Pro data base. • Handled waste management. • Followed trace carbon clean lab etiquette. • Trained visiting scientists and student researchers in sample preparation techniques for analysis through Accelerator Mass Spectrometry • For first 8 months worked full time as a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Intern (SULI) and studied identification of microbial carbon sources in organic and mineral soils from four eastern United States hardwood forests via microbial respiration incubation experiments for the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry with Karis McFarland and Tom Guilderson for first 8 months. Accomplishments: • Receiver of the FY15 SPOT award by the Physical and Life Science office of Lawrence Livermore National lab for exemplary contributions to the natural carbon group at CAMS. • Presented poster at LLNL student symposium and 2013 AUG conference. Show less



Mills College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Geochemistry Undergraduate Researcher

  • Jan 2011 - May 2014

  Duties and Related Skills: • Studied urban reservoir ability to act as a sink/source for nutrients and heavy metals for the Faul lab. • Team leader for field sampling and organized our biweekly sampling trips involving calibration of our multiparameter probe to determine %DO, pH, salinity, other chemical characteristics, and field titration probe to study buffering capacity. • Aided in yearly sediment core collection for our reservoirs and our control pristine reservoir. • Focused… Show more Duties and Related Skills: • Studied urban reservoir ability to act as a sink/source for nutrients and heavy metals for the Faul lab. • Team leader for field sampling and organized our biweekly sampling trips involving calibration of our multiparameter probe to determine %DO, pH, salinity, other chemical characteristics, and field titration probe to study buffering capacity. • Aided in yearly sediment core collection for our reservoirs and our control pristine reservoir. • Focused on the metal transportation through an acid mine drainage effect water system, which I measured via creation of trace metal standards and analysis on ICP-MS using UC Santa Cruz Marine Science facility. • Conducted independent study on to avoid metal contamination for trace metal studies. Accomplishments: • Received UROP award and GSA travel grant to research and attend GSA 2012 annual conference in Charlotte, NC., where I presented our poster. • Presented poster at 2012 ACS Northern California Undergraduate symposium. * Went on 8 month break for full time research opportunity at LLNL. Show less