Experience

Beyond Meat

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• • Apr 2020 - Present

• • Jan 2018 - Mar 2020

• • Sep 2016 - Dec 2017

  - Lead a cross functional team to create and optimize plant based products- Partner with quality, culinary and marketing teams to deliver exceptional products- Support scale-up efforts

• • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  - Led a technical team from idealization to commercialization of the Beyond Burger- Collaborated with a commercialization team to manufacture products- Developed formulas, analyzed ingredients, and ran cost analysis- Optimized nutritional profiles and conducted shelf life studies

• • Oct 2014 - Jan 2016

  -Researched and formulated new products using 100% plant-based proteins-Conducted high resolution imaging of food products-Partnered with a culinary team to conduct sensory testing



Howard Hughes Medical Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoc Associate

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

  Deciphered molecular interactions of the mitochondrial transcription machinery Deciphered molecular interactions of the mitochondrial transcription machinery



Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Dec 2007 - Oct 2012

  Investigated the mechanistic details of the interactions between DNA binding proteins and mitochondrial DNA by using X-ray crystallography, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, laser light scattering, surface plasmon resonance, isothermal titration calorimetry, atomic force microscopy, and Forster resonance energy transfer Investigated the mechanistic details of the interactions between DNA binding proteins and mitochondrial DNA by using X-ray crystallography, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, laser light scattering, surface plasmon resonance, isothermal titration calorimetry, atomic force microscopy, and Forster resonance energy transfer



University of California, Riverside

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Sep 2003 - Sep 2007

  Successfully designed and synthesized new classes of ligands for elucidating mechanistic details of the tryptophan synthase bienzyme complex Successfully designed and synthesized new classes of ligands for elucidating mechanistic details of the tryptophan synthase bienzyme complex