Experience

Juvena Therapeutics

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Protein Science

  • 2022 - Present

  Redwood City, California, United States



Arcus Biosciences

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Principal Investigator, group lead of Protein Science

  • 2020 - 2022

  Hayward, California, United States



Atreca, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Scientist, Protein Biochemistry-Antibody target identification and conformation

  • 2019 - 2020

  South San Francisco, California, United States



Relypsa

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Scientist, Protein Biochemistry and assay development

  • 2016 - 2018

  Redwood City, California, United States



AstraZeneca

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scientist II, Protein Biochemistry-Lead optimization

  • 2010 - 2013

  Mountain View, California, United States • Served as the biochemistry lead in multiple cross-functional teams for subunit vaccine development against infectious diseases •Established a CHO transient expression platform for difficult-to-express viral glycoproteins production (titer improved 50-100 fold) for immunizations • Successfully optimized protein targets by reducing aggregation and heterogeneity using structure-based protein engineering • Excellent in protein purification method development and… Show more • Served as the biochemistry lead in multiple cross-functional teams for subunit vaccine development against infectious diseases •Established a CHO transient expression platform for difficult-to-express viral glycoproteins production (titer improved 50-100 fold) for immunizations • Successfully optimized protein targets by reducing aggregation and heterogeneity using structure-based protein engineering • Excellent in protein purification method development and characterization tools (e.g., HPLC, DLS and ELISA) • Supervised multiple associates and managed CROs Show less



Stanford University School of Medicine

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Protein biochemistry and Crystal Structural studies

  • 2007 - 2010

  • Studied human herpesvirus Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein interactions to dissect viral entry mechanisms • Designed multiple glycoprotein and Fab constructs for gene synthesis • Expressed multiple glycoproteins (up to 5 proteins co-transfection) in baculovirus/insect cells and HEK293 to study protein-protein interactions • Developed and optimized a fluorescence polarization binding (protein-protein or peptide) assay for high throughput… Show more • Studied human herpesvirus Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein interactions to dissect viral entry mechanisms • Designed multiple glycoprotein and Fab constructs for gene synthesis • Expressed multiple glycoproteins (up to 5 proteins co-transfection) in baculovirus/insect cells and HEK293 to study protein-protein interactions • Developed and optimized a fluorescence polarization binding (protein-protein or peptide) assay for high throughput screening of small molecule libraries for EBV entry inhibitors • Crystallized protein complexes with small molecules Show less