Experience

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  McGill BioDesign

  • Design Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Co-President

    • Apr 2024 - Present

  • VP Communications

    • May 2023 - May 2024

    - Creating online content and managing the BioDesign LinkedIn, Instagram, FaceBook and newsletter- Organizing and implementing speaker series of professionals within the field of bioengineering to showcase future career paths and opportunities to McGill students.

  • Maneico Co-Team Lead

    • Sep 2022 - May 2023

    - Co-lead for the R&D of a sustainable insect repellent derived from natural repellent properties of red mangrove leaves (originally initiated in 2022 as a McGill BioDesign project)- Organization and leadership of 20 student-researchers in literature review and protocol design- Managed implementation timeline, financials, marketing, brand creation and weekly meetings

  • Communications Coordinator

    • May 2022 - May 2023

    - Wrote the BioDesign monthly newsletter.

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  Open Air Pub (OAP)

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • External Relations Manager

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    - Directing all external relations and sponsorship activity for OAP, a two-week festival with annual revenue over $300,000.- Asset of a small team that organizes and executes OAP which has upwards of 30,000 annual patrons and 200 volunteers.

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  elleFA

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Research And Development Intern

    • Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    - Developing a lateral flow assay in for the detection of endometriosis biomarkers in urine.- Composing and editing a clinical protocol for the pilot study of an endometriosis tracking app.

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  BAM lab

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Research Assistant, Prof. Allen Ehrlicher

    • May 2022 - Aug 2023
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    - Manufactured silicone substrate and surface treatments.- Quantified substrate stiffnesses with a rheometer.- Performed cell culture experiments (passaging, seeding, fluorescent tagging, and micropatterning).- Analyzed treated substrates and solutions with fluorescent and confocal microscopy.- PRIMO micropatterning and Click-PDSM micro-contact printing on silicone substrates.- Python image analysis – quantification of sharpness and homogeneity of micropatterns.- Wrote, edited, revised and created figures for a review paper on the effects of myocardium stiffness on regulatory cardio mechanics.

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  SEAM (Sustainability in Engineering at McGill)

  • Canada
  • Environmental Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Corporate Communications Coordinator

    • Sep 2022 - Apr 2023

    - Responsible for the establishing and maintaining connections with clubs, companies and initiatives outside of the SEAM body.- Organized networking events for general members in collaborations with external organizations.

  • Projects Committee Lead

    • Sep 2021 - Oct 2022

    - Organized virtual and in-person meetings for SEAM project groups.- Provided consulting and resources for SEAM projects.- Wrote the project updates for the SEAM newsletter.- Led the initiative for more greenery in engineering buildings across McGill campus.

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  McGill Bioengineering Undergraduate Student Society (BUSS)

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • External Committee Member

    • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    - Organized events with external entities with the BUSS VP External

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  POWE McGill

  • Shadow Days Mentor

    • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

    - Guided and advised a mentee entering first-year engineering at McGill.

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  BC Ferries

  • Buckley Bay, Vancouver Island, BC

  • Terminal Services Attendent

    • May 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Buckley Bay, Vancouver Island, BC

    - Communicated (operation and safety information) with both ship and terminal via radio.- Managed traffic flow onto and off the vessel as well as within the terminal.- Filed and filled out financial documents in the ticket booth.