Experience

Apertura Gene Therapy
• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Scientist II, AAV Process Development

  • Aug 2022 - Present


Northwestern University

• Philippines
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Sep 2020 - Jun 2022

  - Designed and executed long-term experiments that culminated in a successfully defended thesis. - Engineered orthogonal synthetic receptors and tested how changing domains effects ligand-based response. - Collaborated with a team to design a roadmap for orthogonal receptor engineering in a work to be published. - Designed and executed long-term experiments that culminated in a successfully defended thesis. - Engineered orthogonal synthetic receptors and tested how changing domains effects ligand-based response. - Collaborated with a team to design a roadmap for orthogonal receptor engineering in a work to be published.



ElevateBio

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Process Development Engineer II

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2020

  - Developing upstream process for Lentivirus and AAV. - Transfering platform into a GMP environment. - Setting up both a process development and GMP lab space for capsid development and production. - Operation and Organization of instrumentation essential to running said process. - Developing upstream process for Lentivirus and AAV. - Transfering platform into a GMP environment. - Setting up both a process development and GMP lab space for capsid development and production. - Operation and Organization of instrumentation essential to running said process.



Casebia Therapeutics

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AAV Process Development Engineer

  • Feb 2018 - Sep 2019

  Developed platform process for consistent, scalable production of multiple AAV serotypes from adherent and suspension HEK293 systems from a 40mL - 50L scale. - Developed process of growth and AAV production for the following reactor systems: Sartorius AMBR250, Eppendorf 10c, GE WAVE, Thermo 50L Sub. - Took a lead in upstream process development work in optimizing yield from a licensed cell line. - Wrote detailed SOPs/SBRs that led to successful production in CMOs. - Aided in development of quantification methods (qPCR, ELISA, Silver) and purification of multiple AAV serotypes. - As part of a 4-person team that has grown to 22 people, has aided in not only personnel acquisition and development, but also filling in gaps in an lean group. Show less



Pfizer

• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Scientist

  • Aug 2016 - Feb 2018

  - Optimizing cell culture media for growth and production by manipulating its components and processes in a team lab environment. - Designing and executing experiments and presenting the results. - Instrumentation includes Mammalian bioreactors, shake flasks, AMBR system, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography, Amino Acid Analysis, Bio HT Analyzer, Nanodrop, and Packed Columns. - Contributed research for patent defense. - Optimizing cell culture media for growth and production by manipulating its components and processes in a team lab environment. - Designing and executing experiments and presenting the results. - Instrumentation includes Mammalian bioreactors, shake flasks, AMBR system, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography, Amino Acid Analysis, Bio HT Analyzer, Nanodrop, and Packed Columns. - Contributed research for patent defense.



ERM: Environmental Resources Management

• Product Stewardship Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  -Product Stewardship Intern. Worked on a consulting project for a large, confidential client working to reduce their footprint. -As part of a team, navigated through MSDS forms to determine the eligibility of over 20,000 chemicals. -Product Stewardship Intern. Worked on a consulting project for a large, confidential client working to reduce their footprint. -As part of a team, navigated through MSDS forms to determine the eligibility of over 20,000 chemicals.



Zappix

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  -Software developer in a start-up company working to navigate through phone trees for the client. -Responsible for dealing with customer call trees and programming results. -Software developer in a start-up company working to navigate through phone trees for the client. -Responsible for dealing with customer call trees and programming results.



Massachusetts General Hospital

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

• Laboratory Assistant

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  -Research Lab Assistant. Worked in a lab researching cystic fibrosis through Pseudomonas in zebra fish. -Responsible for preparing various solutions and plates, aiding in procedural experimentations, and performing data analysis on Microsoft Office -Research Lab Assistant. Worked in a lab researching cystic fibrosis through Pseudomonas in zebra fish. -Responsible for preparing various solutions and plates, aiding in procedural experimentations, and performing data analysis on Microsoft Office