Experience

Rice University

• Houston, Texas, United States

• Doctoral Student

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Calla Health Foundation

• Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Contract Design Engineer

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Duke University

• Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Doctoral Student

  • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022



Cepheid

• Sunnyvale, California, United States

• Innovation Systems Engineer

  • May 2020 - Aug 2020

  • Work alongside Innovation engineers and scientists prototyping new products or improvements to existing products. • Design and analyze experiments to determine the effectiveness of consumable and system prototype designs/changes • Provide design feedback and propose new solutions for consumable or system projects • Construct/modify prototypes and test fixtures in support of system development • Develop hands-on skills in both engineering and biology laboratories • Work in a multidisciplinary environment communicating regularly with professionals in engineering, biology, and marketing. Show less



Rice 360⁰ Institute for Global Health

• Barretos Area, Brazil

• Hospital de Amor Cancer Hospital Product Innovator

  • May 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Designed and developed cancer diagnostic android application for patients in the palliative care unit from rural communities • Reengineered a low-cost negative pressure wound sealing device to fit local clinical limitations • Shadowed oncologists in the orthopedic, gynecologic, nuclear medicine, prosthetic, and gastrointestinal departments to learn and better understand their clinical needs in order to be able to design medical device solutions to later be used at the hospital • Witnessed a live femur intramedullary rodding surgery with the purpose of later proposing a more streamlined surgical procedure process • Collaborated in partnership with Liu Lilie Lab, Rice’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, by performing market and legal research to better understand Brazilian policies regarding patient information • Communicated solely in Portuguese with physicians and staff at the hospital to facilitate a clear understanding of clinical challenges Show less



Grande Allen Research Laboratory

• Houston, Texas Area

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Designed coronary artery extruders, which successfully produced hydrogel tubes approaching the dimensions of saphenous veins • Constructed laser resin printed extruders using 3D modeling software to design and create artificial vascular grafts using hydrogels • Responsible for collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to determine trends and design adjustments necessary to approach saphenous vein dimensions • Designed coronary artery extruders, which successfully produced hydrogel tubes approaching the dimensions of saphenous veins • Constructed laser resin printed extruders using 3D modeling software to design and create artificial vascular grafts using hydrogels • Responsible for collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to determine trends and design adjustments necessary to approach saphenous vein dimensions