Experience

Xilio Therapeutics, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Dec 2022 - 1 year 1 month

• Associate Director

  • Dec 2020 - Dec 2022

• Principal Scientist

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  Cambridge, MA

• Scientist

  • Apr 2018 - Oct 2019

  Cambridge



City of Hope

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Aug 2015 - Apr 2018

  Los Angeles, California Produced recombinant proteins using human, CHO, insect, and bacterial expression systems. Purified proteins by affinity columns, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and gel filtration. Designed, performed, and analyzed experiments pertaining to the biophysical properties of purified proteins and peptides by laboratory techniques such as analytical size-exclusion chromatography, surface plasmon resonance, X-ray crystallography, and flow cytometry. Successfully identified candidate peptides… Show more Produced recombinant proteins using human, CHO, insect, and bacterial expression systems. Purified proteins by affinity columns, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and gel filtration. Designed, performed, and analyzed experiments pertaining to the biophysical properties of purified proteins and peptides by laboratory techniques such as analytical size-exclusion chromatography, surface plasmon resonance, X-ray crystallography, and flow cytometry. Successfully identified candidate peptides from a phage display library of 10^9 complexity. PhD thesis titled “Rational Design of a Tumor-Specific CTLA4 Antagonist.” Show less



Wake Forest University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Technician III

  • Dec 2007 - Aug 2009

  Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area Maintained a colony of over 60 T2DM animals. Performed minor surgical procedures under aseptic conditions and assisted in complex surgeries. Researched academic journals, wrote animal use protocols, and organized and conducted complicated cross-over studies. Gathered numerous benchtop skills and methods, including tissue protein extraction and quantification, Western blotting, RT-PCR, ELISA, and hemoglobin A1c analysis.



WIL Research Laboratories, LLC.

• United States
• Veterinary Services

• Lead Biologist

  • Aug 2005 - Sep 2007

  Ashland, Ohio Responsible for the performance of in-life phases of assigned general toxicology studies in a private contract research organization. Worked on pharmaceuticals and other market products in a preclinical laboratory under GLP settings. Performed in front of clients to ensure quality research.