Experience

Bota Biosciences

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D and BD

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Consultant

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2020

• Organism Engineer

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2020

  Greater Boston Area Biosynthesis of natural sweetener in yeast through large scale enzyme library screening • Characterized the biosynthetic pathway from plant and optimized the pathway in yeast • Identified the bottlenecks and solved the rate limiting step through HTP enzyme screening Optimization of automated genome engineering tools for yeast • Standardized the strain engineer process to accelerate the build and test of yeasts



Amyris

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Internship

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  Emeryville, CA Metabolic engineering of natural sweetener biosynthesis in yeast through P450 engineering • Developed a HTP colorimetric assay to quantify P450 activity in vivo • Designed a platform for CPR biodiversity screen and promoter titration Development of a second switch for byproduct valorization • Characterized inducible systems compatible with preexisting switch for large scale production



University of California, Riverside

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate student

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2017

  Engineer volatile short and medium chain ester synthesis in microbial cell factories • Developed a rapid screening assay for alcohol acetyl/acyltransferase activity • Characterized the localization and trafficking mechanisms of ester synthase in S. cerevisiae • Improved short and medium chain volatile ester production in S. cerevisiae Control local substrate concentrations and enzyme kinetics through designed intermolecular interactions • Introduced new substrate-enzyme… Show more Engineer volatile short and medium chain ester synthesis in microbial cell factories • Developed a rapid screening assay for alcohol acetyl/acyltransferase activity • Characterized the localization and trafficking mechanisms of ester synthase in S. cerevisiae • Improved short and medium chain volatile ester production in S. cerevisiae Control local substrate concentrations and enzyme kinetics through designed intermolecular interactions • Introduced new substrate-enzyme interactions via enzyme-DNA nanostructures • Tuned enzyme kinetics through designing substrates and DNA binding interaction via AutoDock Show less