Experience

Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Computational Scientist 1

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Bethesda, Maryland, United States



AI Dynamics

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Advisor Biotechnology

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Seattle, Washington, United States I currently assist AI dynamics in fostering new partnerships with multi-billion dollar companies via discussing how to leverage their data with the NEO PULSE platform in the fields of transcriptomics and proteomics.



Exicure

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Scientist 2 (RNA Biologist)

  • Feb 2021 - Sep 2021

  Chicago, Illinois, United States



Takeda Pharmaceuticals

• Researcher (system's Biologist) in Phenotypic Reverse Translation Labs in Neuroscience DDU

  • Feb 2019 - Feb 2021

  Fujisawa, Japan Leading and managing projects within the Phenotypic Reverse Translation Labs group associated with new target identification. Datasets include transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics, single cell datasets. I routinely us R, SAS, SHELL for programming and statistical analysis in combination with AI based methods.



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  This job is still associated with the Mackay lab that was at NCSU. This lab moved to Clemson. During this time, I have been tasked on developing an acute and chronic cocaine and methamphetamine consumption. Using this assay, I conducted a large scale RNA sequencing experiment examining heads and bodies of each sex for differential gene expression under acute psychostimulant exposure. Moreover, under chronic psychostimulant exposure, I examined larvea stage, heads and bodies of each sex for… Show more This job is still associated with the Mackay lab that was at NCSU. This lab moved to Clemson. During this time, I have been tasked on developing an acute and chronic cocaine and methamphetamine consumption. Using this assay, I conducted a large scale RNA sequencing experiment examining heads and bodies of each sex for differential gene expression under acute psychostimulant exposure. Moreover, under chronic psychostimulant exposure, I examined larvea stage, heads and bodies of each sex for differential gene expression. Show less



North Carolina State University

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Aug 2016 - 2018

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area As a Postdoctoral Researcher, I was tasked with creating a consumption/preference assay to examine a mapping panel for cocaine and methamphetamine addictive behaviors. This has lead to a first author paper demonstrating flies harbor evolutionary conserved genes that influence consumption and preference. Lastly, I implicate dopaminergic neurons and the mushroom bodies as part of the neural circuitry underlying experience-dependent development of drug preference.



The University of Kansas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2012 - Jul 2016

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2015

  Lawrence, Kansas Area I taught introduction microbiology (biol. 402) and pathogenic microbiology (Biol 507) labs. I lectured at the start of each class on the important aspects of the the experiment and assisted 23-25 students per class.

• Reasearch Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  Lawrence, Kansas Area I was in charge of managing lab supplies, assisting in running the lab, I also worked on two independent projects



Highland Community College

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Perry, KS I developed and taught the online course, microbiology (BS 203) and the in class course, human physiology (BS 105).



Ozarks Technical Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Lebanon, MO