Experience

Generation Genius, Inc.

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Los Angeles, CA Generation Genius is a startup building "Netflix for the Classroom" while simultaneously inspiring kids in science. We create entertaining streaming videos that educate for the $10 billion/year digital learning market. Content made in partnership with the National Science Teachers Association. GenerationGenius.com



Dancing Scientist School Programs

• The Dancing Scientist®

  • Dec 2010 - Present

  Los Angeles, CA Developed a live touring science program for K-12 schools. Performed it at the World Science Festival, USA Science & Engineering Festival, Smithsonian Institute, Singapore Science Festival, Caltech, 400 schools coast-to-coast and many national TV shows.



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate & Researcher

  • Sep 2012 - Jun 2017

  Greater Los Angeles Area - NSF Graduate Research Fellow - NIH Chemistry Biology Interface Trainee - Dean's Scholarship Research Overview: I accidentally discovered a novel mevalonate pathway in a prehistoric bacteria. I then solved the crystal structure of one of these novel enzymes, mevalonate-3-kinase. The structure showed it may be possible to mutate it to make biofuels. The research resulted in 3 first author publications in Protein Science, ACS Biochemistry, and Scientific Reports.



TheRussianTiger Studios

• YouTube Entrepreneur

  • Aug 2009 - Nov 2016

  Madison, Wisconsin Area Monetized my 25 million YouTube viewers in the early days of YouTube (before partnerships) by creating and selling instructional dance videos to budding hip hop dancers in 47 countries. Received a YouTube Silver Play Button award and Wisontreprenuer scholarship for this work.



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Sep 2010 - May 2012

  Designed, synthesized, and tested helical peptides with beta amino acids. Investigated single helix peptide inhibitors targeting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor as a cancer treatment.

• Science Reporter

  • May 2011 - Mar 2012

  Madison, Wisconsin Area Produce and host science videos for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. All videos featured on the wisc.edu homepage and also by the National Science Foundation (NSF).



Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC)

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2010

  Studied and engineered the metabolic pathways of E. coli for ethanol production. Successfully constructed and tested E. coli strains with altered lipid composition for ethanol tolerance.



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2008

  Conducted photosynthesis research with graduate students and post docs. Granted my own project studying regulation of Photosynthesis; continued work collaboratively for one year.