Experience

Oxford BioTherapeutics

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  San Jose, California, United States • Manage the timelines and expectations of the partnership between Oxford Biotherapeutics and Immunogen; Primary responsibilities include writing reports and presentations on deliverables, coordinating internal and external activities advancing the programs in this partnership • Additional activities include overseeing and assisting the laboratory operations of the San Jose lab spaces, communication and coordination between contract research organizations, facilitating other… Show more • Manage the timelines and expectations of the partnership between Oxford Biotherapeutics and Immunogen; Primary responsibilities include writing reports and presentations on deliverables, coordinating internal and external activities advancing the programs in this partnership • Additional activities include overseeing and assisting the laboratory operations of the San Jose lab spaces, communication and coordination between contract research organizations, facilitating other preclinical and clinical programs within the Oxford Biotherapeutics portfolio • Accomplishments include significant advancements, ahead of initial projections, on all 10 of the programs I oversee in the Immunogen partnership, implementing project management tools to help track deliverables, creating documentation and meeting structure to lead internal and external communication regarding advancements of these projects Show less



VitroLabs Inc

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Laboratory Operations Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

  San Jose, CA • Managed the day-to-day operations of the lab spaces utilized by both the R&D and pilot manufacturing teams. These responsibilities include those pertaining to supporting and improving the efficiency and safety of the workflows utilized • Supervised a team of technicians responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the various lab spaces and teams whose responsibilities included inventory management, procurement, shipping and receiving, reagent and media prep, equipment maintenance, and… Show more • Managed the day-to-day operations of the lab spaces utilized by both the R&D and pilot manufacturing teams. These responsibilities include those pertaining to supporting and improving the efficiency and safety of the workflows utilized • Supervised a team of technicians responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the various lab spaces and teams whose responsibilities included inventory management, procurement, shipping and receiving, reagent and media prep, equipment maintenance, and experimental support • Led the customization and transition to an electronic notebook and laboratory information management system • Responsible for coordinating and communicating cross functionally with R&D, operations, facilities, and pilot manufacturing teams to meet operational needs presently and into the future • Led efforts to implement quarterly projections for consumable projections both for R&D and pilot manufacturing, designs for the operational and infrastructure layout for new lab spaces, incorporating new vendors to accommodate our growing and evolving operational and technical needs Show less



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Operations Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2021

  Berkeley, California, United States • Managed the laboratory operations for the SARS-CoV-2 wastewater regional monitoring group in Prof. Kara Nelson's lab which consists of 4 research technicians, 5 graduate students, and 6 undergraduate research students. • Coordinated all day-to-day sample processing and research projects for the lab including data analysis and clinical sample management, prioritization and delegation of lab responsibilities, inventory procurement, implementing lab automation, and EH&S… Show more • Managed the laboratory operations for the SARS-CoV-2 wastewater regional monitoring group in Prof. Kara Nelson's lab which consists of 4 research technicians, 5 graduate students, and 6 undergraduate research students. • Coordinated all day-to-day sample processing and research projects for the lab including data analysis and clinical sample management, prioritization and delegation of lab responsibilities, inventory procurement, implementing lab automation, and EH&S support • Collaborated with and communicated lab results to departments of public health, wastewater agencies, campus leadership, and other wastewater epidemiology research teams • Oversaw improvements to our workflow that increased our sampling effort by over 300%, while simultaneously reducing the guaranteed turnaround time by 50%.

• Masters Student

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2020

  Berkeley, California, United States • In Prof. Rachel Brem's lab I developed methods to elucidate the evolutionary history of antifungal resistances within the fungal Saccharomyces clade



Community Resources for Science

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2021

  Berkeley, California, United States • Led teams of up to 12 student mentors to design and implement personalized science lesson plans and experiments for Berkeley middle school students



Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Prof. Itzhak Mizrahi

• Laboratory Technician

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2018

  Beersheba, Southern, Israel • Implemented knowledge of model microbial systems to experiments characterizing the dynamics of colonization of microbes to plant fibers in cow rumen fluid.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2018

  Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States • Worked closely with graduate students and post-doctoral fellows on a variety of research projects utilizing a model microbial system to characterize microbial interactions impact on ecological function.



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher - Professor Ron Burton

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2015

  La Jolla, CA • Developed and executed research project detailing the evolutionary divergence of thermal tolerance within populations of Tigriopus californicus.