Experience

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sr. R&D Engineer

  • Jul 2020 - Present



Vaxess Technologies

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2020

  Managing process development and scaled manufacturing of Vaxess' novel drug delivery product Managing process development and scaled manufacturing of Vaxess' novel drug delivery product



Hydra Biosciences

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate II

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2017

  Hydra Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company, develops novel drugs to treat pain, inflammation, anxiety and other diseases using its expertise in mammalian ion channels and electrophysiology. Working both independently and with multiple collaborations, Hydra’s team works to generate a preclinical data stream for early and late stage drug development projects. Job highlights: -- Performed IC50 determination using whole cell patch-clamp to drive structure-activity relationship analysis and support drug development for both internal programs and external collaborations -- Plan and orchestrate tissue culture scale up for high throughput screening -- Manage daily maintenance and scheduling of HEK and CHO mammalian tissue culture -- Develop Bioanalytical Methods for small molcule using triple quadropole mass spectrometer -- Analyze microsomal stability, human CYP450 enzyme inhibition and reaction phenotyping data using LCMS/MS as well as PK and other pharmacological studies. -- Train new associates and interns in mammalian tissue culture, buffer preparation, patch-clamp, and LCMS/MS analysis -- Isolate and expand recombinant plasmids from bacterial preparations for transfection/stable cell line generation -- Buffer & Media preparation -- Perform compound handling and solubility analysis using HPLC -- Manage lab consumable stock and reduced product spending by ~$15K annually through vendor negotiations and alternate product assessment -- Handle in-house and partner compounds, creating digital records and solubility analysis -- Organize company sponsored biweekly social events



Villanova University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student; Biotechnology Representative

  • Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Gave tours and information sessions regarding the Biotech lab at Villanova to prospective students. Full time student. Chemical Engineering Major, Bio-Engineering minor

• Senior Research - Team Leader; Bioengineering Laboratory

  • May 2012 - May 2013



Bertucci's

• United States
• Restaurants
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Carry Out Staff

  • May 2012 - May 2013

  • Use interpersonal communication skills to promote on and off site sales • Use interpersonal communication skills to promote on and off site sales



Walpole Outdoors

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Warehouse Employee

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011

  Packaging, Furniture Assembly, Deliveries, Manual Labor • Used efficient organization to process orders and maintain quality control Packaging, Furniture Assembly, Deliveries, Manual Labor • Used efficient organization to process orders and maintain quality control