Experience

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  National Institutes of Health

  • Bethesda, MD

  • Post-baccalaureate Fellow

    • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016
    • Bethesda, MD

    Study retroviral envelope and receptor co-evolution in retroviruses as well as the effect of retroviral restriction factors on infection. Contributing author on publication in the Journal of Virology (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26865715)

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  University of Maryland School of Medicine, Neur...

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Research Assistant

    • Sep 2013 - May 2014
    • Baltimore, MD

    Performed gene knockdowns related to Autism spectrum disorder and analyzed the effects on spine morphology using confocal microscopy. Contributing author in publication in the European Journal of Neuroscience (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26547831)

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  University of Maryland School of Medicine, Cent...

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Lab Specialist

    • Apr 2012 - May 2013
    • Baltimore, MD

    Isolation of COPS and Flagella and subsequent conjugation for Salmonella conjugate vaccine synthesis, animal trials on mice

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  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Neurosurgery

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Clinical Research Assistant

    • May 2011 - Aug 2011
    • Baltimore, MD

    Analyzed MRI and CT scans of intracerebral hemorrhage related stroke patients for MISTIE and CLEAR III clinical trials