Experience

MeliBio

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Associate, Microbial Development Team

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Engineering microbes to express and secrete heterologous proteins Engineering microbes to express and secrete heterologous proteins



Georgia Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher Phd Candidate

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2022

  With genetic engineering and genomic analysis, I discovered an adaptive mutation that rewires the transcription regulation of a protein secretion system (T6SS) in Vibrio cholerae.Using experimental evolution as a platform, we evolved E. coli to become resistant to T6SS-mediated killing. With whole genome sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, I identified mutations in genes that lead to T6 resistance.Awarded with Georgia Tech COVID-19 Disruption GRA Funds (2022)

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2021



Hammer Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

  With the support of PURA Award ($1,500 Fall 2015) - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program With the support of PURA Award ($1,500 Fall 2015) - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program