Experience

UVA Biocomplexity Institute

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • May 2022 - Present

  I have worked on the science communication efforts of the Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing (NSSAC) Division of the Biocomplexity Institute at UVA. ♦ Identify and rectify gaps in internal and external communication of project deliverables and tools through streamlining of internal communication and management of the social media accounts and podcasts ♦ Manage and coordinate 30+ undergraduates working with various faculty members ♦ Consolidate and organize the Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing Division’s data visualization efforts Show less



UC Irvine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  I have approached studying how regulatory DNA structure is related to its function using computational and experimental methods; first, I considered how the complexity of its regulatory task affects the complexity of enhancer architecure through bioinformatic analysis, mathematical models, and information theory. I have also studied the molecular mechanisms by which enhancers and promoters work in concert to determine gene expression by imaging and analyzing their impact in transgenic flies. During this time, I also trained and guided multiple undergraduates and graduate students, resulting research awards and acceptance into competitive MD/PhD programs for them. Show less

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

  I have acted as teaching assistant for students of varying knowledge bases, from high school students to postdoctoral fellows, and on topics from biology to programming. ♦ Taught MATLAB and mathematical and computational modeling to high school students through the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) program and MATLAB and Mathematica to entering graduate students through the Mathematical & Computational Biology Bootcamp♦ Held office hours and assisted with project design for the Biology and Chemistry of Food and Cooking class, which mainly consisted of non-major students new to (but excited about) scientific project design♦ Acted as lead teaching assistant to the professor for an advanced undergraduate biology lab class, developing quizzes and rubrics, working with students from independent project design to data analysis in R, and grading their weekly lab reports and exams♦ Assisted in preparing materials for and working with graduate students and postdocs on the assignments for the “Shadow Enhancers and Robustness in the Drosophila embryo” module during the the Systems Biology Short Course Show less

• Graduate Student, Mathematical and Computational Biology Gateway Program

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  I completed three lab rotations focusing on transcriptional regulation and RNA and core graduate classwork that strengthened my foundation in biology, mathematics, engineering, and computer science.



City of Hope

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

• Research Associate

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2014

  I wore many hats, bridging the clinical and basic science research. ♦ Worked with fellows, student volunteers, and staff research associates to collect clinical data from hospital databases, to perform dose-response assays for drug evaluation and Western blots and other assays to elucidate key signaling pathways in pancreatic cancer ♦ Collaborated with PI and fellows to write, edit, and review papers, and craft grants and IRB/IACUC protocols ♦ Collated the chapters and media, wrote and edited some of the writing, and illustrated the majority of the textbook, Surgery for Cancers of the Gastrointestinal Tract Show less



Harvey Mudd College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lab Technician

  • Sep 2012 - Jun 2013

  I ran the lab and supported and contributed to the projects of 10+ undergraduates in the lab ♦ Performed molecular cloning and in situ hybridization experiments to approach understanding enhancer design from both bottom-up and top-down approaches (i.e. building enhancers from single activator sites and analyzing design of actual enhancers) ♦ Performed bioinformatic analyses of patterns of regulatory DNA structure ♦ Wrote, edited, and reviewed papers I ran the lab and supported and contributed to the projects of 10+ undergraduates in the lab ♦ Performed molecular cloning and in situ hybridization experiments to approach understanding enhancer design from both bottom-up and top-down approaches (i.e. building enhancers from single activator sites and analyzing design of actual enhancers) ♦ Performed bioinformatic analyses of patterns of regulatory DNA structure ♦ Wrote, edited, and reviewed papers



UC Irvine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Specialist

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  I studied the herpes simplex virus type 1 and the molecular mechanisms mediating its periodic reactivation to cause corneal blindness after latent infection of peripheral neurons. ♦ Became skilled in and trained 5 students in molecular biology techniques and image processing I studied the herpes simplex virus type 1 and the molecular mechanisms mediating its periodic reactivation to cause corneal blindness after latent infection of peripheral neurons. ♦ Became skilled in and trained 5 students in molecular biology techniques and image processing



Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Student

  • Sep 2007 - Jun 2011

  ♦ Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship: Used fly genetics, immunofluorescence staining, and image analysis to study the roles of cell adhesion proteins in the Asthagiri lab and to elucidate molecular mechanisms regulating synaptic plasticity at the neuromuscular junction ♦ Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship: Used fly genetics, immunofluorescence staining, and image analysis to study the roles of cell adhesion proteins in the Asthagiri lab and to elucidate molecular mechanisms regulating synaptic plasticity at the neuromuscular junction