Experience

APHL - Association of Public Health Laboratories

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Genome Sequence Analyst

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Orange County, California, United States • Sequence analyst for Orange and San Luis Obispo County Public Health Labs on behalf of APHL. • Responsible for processing, reviewing, and submitting sample data to public repositories. • Experienced in genome assembly, mutation investigation, AMR gene detection, lineage tracking. • Familiar with viral (SARS-CoV-2), bacterial (A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa), and fungal (C. auris) genomes



UMN Department of Medicinal Chemistry

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • May 2022 - May 2023

  Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States • Research assistant for Duerfeldt Lab in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. • Studying sporulation mechanisms in mutant Clostridium Difficile specimens. • Developed workflow to calculate differential gene expression of anti-sporulating C. difficile mutants. • Experienced in differential gene expression, read mapping, R/Python programming.



Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  University of Minnesota • Undergraduate Research Assistant in Chen Lab at the University of Minnesota. • Responsible for the maintenance and research on tomato and corn plant varieties. • Experienced in DNA Extraction, PCR amplification, gel electrophoresis.



University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  University of Minnesota Twin Cities • Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. • Responsible for pollination of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea) samples. • Cataloged and maintained over 300 Chamaecrista plant varieties.



Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Brand Representative

  • Jun 2017 - Nov 2017

  Bloomington, Minnesota



Starbucks

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Barista

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Minneapolis, Minnesota