Experience

Sound Agriculture

• United States
• Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Group Leader

  • Aug 2021 - Present

• Lead Scientist

  • Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Led the development of Sounds On-Demand-Breeding platform (plant epigenetic regulation).Managed a team of PhD Scientists and Research AssociatesKey stakeholder and contributer to platform and Research strategyTechnical lead on external facing partner projectsKey recruiter for hiring and onboarding of Research Scientists, Research Associates, Research Leadership Team

• Research Scientist

  • Nov 2019 - Aug 2020



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Scientist

  • 2015 - 2019

  Developed a strategy to target a toxic rate limiting enzyme (NCS) for compartmentalization in the yeast peroxisome while maintaining NCS activity and access to substrates. This strategy resulted in alleviation of host cell toxicity and higher alkaloid production levels, providing a demonstration of the utility of engineered compartmentalization in metabolic engineering (NSF and Centre for Cellular Construction) In collaboration with the El-Samad (UCSF) and Baker Lab (UW) we contributed to the development of the first de novo designed protein switch and applied it to build feedback circuits in living cells (DARPA). Led the proposal writing of an awarded grant (NSF) Supervised several graduate and undergraduate students Show less



CHAIN Biotechnology Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Consultant

  • Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

  Provided technical expertise in metabolic engineering of Clostridium for high value compounds Provided technical expertise in metabolic engineering of Clostridium for high value compounds



Institute Of Child Health

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate

  • 2009 - 2010

  Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit



UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • 2008 - 2009

  Department of Life Sciences (Saul Purton lab). Micro-algae biofuel project (Syngenta collaboration). Department of Life Sciences (Saul Purton lab). Micro-algae biofuel project (Syngenta collaboration).