Experience

UC San Diego School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• NIH NHLBI T32 Trainee in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  A competitive NHLBI-sponsored training grant to provide postdoctoral trainees a broad-based background in cardiovascular biology, with a focused research direction in the study of cardiovascular development, physiology and disease.

• Guest Lecturer

  • Nov 2022 - Nov 2022

  Course: BICD 110 Cell BiologyTopics: "Microtubules and Cytoskeleton" and "Motor Proteins"

• San Diego IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2022

  A competitive fellowship to fund postdoctoral scholars at UC, San Diego. The Institutions Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) program is an NIH/NIGMS-sponsored program that provides up to four years of mentored training in post-doctoral research in biomedical sciences at UC San Diego, teaching training at partner institutions, and development of critical academic skills needed to conduct high quality research and pursue an independent research and teaching career in an academic environment. The IRACDA program aims especially to develop a diverse group of highly trained biomedical scientists. Other specific objectives are to innovate, re-design and develop science curriculum at teaching-intensive partner institutions and to establish links between UCSD and our partner institutions to promote collaborations in faculty research and student training. Show less

• NINDS, NIH Loan Repayment Program

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2021

  This is program is designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers.



San Diego State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor of Record

  • Aug 2021 - May 2022

  SCI 596: Special Topics in Biology STEM Cell Journal Club, Fall 2021/Spring 2022 SCI 596: Special Topics in Biology STEM Cell Journal Club, Fall 2021/Spring 2022



San Diego City College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Teaching Fellow

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Guest Lecturer, BIOL 107: General Biology, Spring 2021 (2 lectures, Topics: “DNA vs RNA: Structure and Function”, “Transcription and Translation”) Guest Lecturer, BIOL 107: General Biology, Spring 2021 (2 lectures, Topics: “DNA vs RNA: Structure and Function”, “Transcription and Translation”)



San Diego State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Fellow

  • Jan 2021 - Jan 2021

  Guest Lecturer, GENS250: University Seminar: Aztec Freshmen Connection, Spring 2021(1 lecture, Topics: Mentored Research: A Pathway to Graduate School”)

• Teaching Fellow

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  Guest Lecturer, CHEM 160: Introduction to Biochemistry, Fall 2020(3 lectures, Topics: “Applications of Biochemistry Knowledge in Nutrition and Food Science Sectors”, “Biomedical Research”, “Vitamins & Minerals”)



Sanford Burnham Prebys

• United States
• Research Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Education Consultant

  • Aug 2018 - May 2020

  Continuing Umbrella of Research Experience (CURE) Program, Summer 2019, 2020(6 lectures, Topics: “Introduction to Biomedical Research”, “Central Dogma of Molecular Biology”, “Laboratory Techniques”, “Caspases and Cell Death”, “Communicating your Research”)

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  Postdoctoral Research, March 2018-August 2018Professor Guy S. Salvesen, Sanford Burnham Prebys Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesEngineering plasmid expression vectors to overexpress and purify human granzymes from mammalian cells for inhibitor fluorescent kinetic screening studies.

• Course Redesign, Teaching Assistant, and Mentor

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2018

  CURE Program, Summers 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018(10 lectures, Topics: “Biochemistry 101”, “Cellular Signal Transduction”, “Tissue culture”, “Protein Purification”, “Fluorescent Assays”, “Bioinformatics”, “Preparing for a Scientific Presentation”)

• Doctoral Student

  • Jul 2013 - Feb 2018

  Doctoral Thesis Research, July 2013-2018Professor Guy S. Salvesen, Sanford Burnham Prebys Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesElucidated the activation mechanism and substrate specificity of inflammatory caspases, crucial for understanding novel cell death pathways.



San Diego State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Fellow

  • Mar 2020 - Mar 2020

  Guest Lecturer, MBIOL 610: Advanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology, Spring 2020 (1 lecture, Topic: “Signal Transduction in the Endothelium by PAR1”) Guest Lecturer, MBIOL 610: Advanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology, Spring 2020 (1 lecture, Topic: “Signal Transduction in the Endothelium by PAR1”)



California State University, Fresno

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Teaching Assistant, BIOL 10: Introductory Biology Laboratory, 2012, 2013 Teaching Assistant, Mentoring, Education, Teaching, Research and Outreach (METRO) Center, Summer 2013 (5 lectures, Topics: “Basic Math and Algebra”) Teaching Assistant, BIOL 10: Introductory Biology Laboratory, 2012, 2013 Teaching Assistant, Mentoring, Education, Teaching, Research and Outreach (METRO) Center, Summer 2013 (5 lectures, Topics: “Basic Math and Algebra”)