Experience

SomaGenics, Inc.
• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research Scientist

  • Sep 2021 - Present

RealSeq Biosciences
• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research Scientist

  • Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

University of California, Santa Cruz
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Dec 2019 - Jun 2020


Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

• Graduate Researcher

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2019

  Researcher in the marine microbial ecology lab, studying deep sea and sediment bacterial communities, and working to elucidate the role of the deep sea in the marine carbon cycle.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2018 - Mar 2019

  Santa Cruz, California Teaching assistant in an Ocean Sciences undergraduate general education course, The Oceans. This role includes teaching the main lectures for the course (200 students) as well as running smaller discussion sections (20 students) to teach more in depth information related to the lecture topics.



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant II

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2014

  Studied molecular responses of zebrafish embryos to toxicants, assist with zebrafish care and breeding, and assist with daily laboratory maintenance.



University of South Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant and Lab Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2013

  Conducted a comprehensive survey of circular eukaryotic single-stranded DNA viruses in invertebrates and fungi to bridge gaps in a tractable branch of the viral tree of life. Resulted in two scientific publications.

• Research Assistant I

  • 2011 - 2012

  Woods Hole, Massachusetts Assisted postdoctoral fellows studying molecular responses of zebrafish and killifish embryos to toxicants, assist with zebrafish care and breeding, and assist with daily laboratory maintenance. Resulted in two scientific publications.

• Summer Student Fellow

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Woods Hole, Massachusetts Researched the sensitivity to oxidative stress of Atlantic Killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) with dioxin/PCB resistance inhabiting a Superfund site. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) were utilized to molecularly mimic the killifish.



Eckerd College

• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Freshman Research Associate

  • Sep 2007 - May 2010

  St. Petersburg, Florida 2008-2010 academic years. Guided a group of freshman students in conducting a microsatellite analysis of the dispersal of juvenile Gulf Pipefish (Syngnathus scovelli). 2007-2008 academic year. Researched the genetic structure of Florida populations of (Syngnathus scovelli) using sequences of the 485-base pair mitochondrial control region.



Mote Marine Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Sarasota, Florida Researched the activation levels of Nrf2 transcription factor involved in oxidative stress by a monocytic cell line (U-937) and a leukemic T cell line (Jurkat) after exposure to brevetoxin (PbTx-2, PbTx-3).



The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology

• NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center intern

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Baltimore, Maryland Area Researched the heat shock and ethanol shock response of Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 and its acquired thermotolerance