Experience

Encodia

• Italy
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist, Computational Biology

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  San Diego, California, United States Leading binder discovery using yeast display for a proprietary protein sequencing platform

• Scientist II

  • Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  San Diego, California, United States



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • May 2019 - May 2021

  Mountain View, CA Building custom molecular biology and biochemistry tools to accelerate AI- and ML- driven advances across biological disciplines. Data analytics and application of ML/AI models in a range of projects, from protein engineering to multi-omics data analysis to building image-based classifiers.



Adecco for Google

• Research Scientist Consultant

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

  Mountain View, CA



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2018

  Department of Bioengineering, protein engineering focus, Michael Lin lab. As a graduate student I developed fluorescent protein-based biosensors for imaging and optogenetic control of cellular processes. My thesis focused on improving genetically-encoded voltage indicators for imaging neuronal activity in the brain. For this interdisciplinary multi-team project I have: • Prototyped and validated a novel screening method for rapid… Show more Department of Bioengineering, protein engineering focus, Michael Lin lab. As a graduate student I developed fluorescent protein-based biosensors for imaging and optogenetic control of cellular processes. My thesis focused on improving genetically-encoded voltage indicators for imaging neuronal activity in the brain. For this interdisciplinary multi-team project I have: • Prototyped and validated a novel screening method for rapid development of genetically-encoded voltage sensors • Extended the approach to build a high-throughput automated screening system • Validated new methods for deterministic library construction and expression in mammalian cells • Screened over 2000 indicators in a span of 6 months. Previous sensors developed by testing at most 100 sensors/year by patch-clamping • Engineered a voltage indicator with 2-fold better detection of action potentials than predecessor • Further improved voltage indicators by restricting their subcellular expression to neuronal soma • The sensor enabled achievement of a critical milestone in the field - imaging neuronal activity in awake mice at single-cell single-trial level using two-photon microscopy Show less



OHSU | Oregon Health & Science University

• Research Assistant II

  • Jul 2008 - Aug 2012

  Biophysics research in laboratory of Dr. Steve Hall. Studied the role of lung surfactant proteins in the activity of pulmonary surfactant through model lipid-protein systems and X-ray scattering.



Lewis & Clark College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  John S. Rogers Summer Research Program / Neuromodulatory proteins Investigated cellular trafficking and localization of the neuromodulatory protein, plasminogen, in hippocampal neurons.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  John S. Rogers Summer Research Program / Molecular Modeling Computational chemistry research on elucidating rearrangement mechanism of an electrocyclic chemical reaction. Used Gaussian and Gaussview computer software to perform high-level computations, and used a novel way of molecular orbital analysis for discerning reaction mechanism.