Experience

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology

• Austria
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  My work is focused on developing a technique to map interconnected neurons with single-cell, transcriptional resolution in human stem cell-derived cerebral organoids.

• Head of Translational Research Group

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  In parallel to my postdoctoral work, I lead a team of research technicians in translating technologies originally developed in the academic setting to a scale and throughput that can be applied to industrial assays.



University of California, San Francisco

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Student

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2019

  During my Ph.D., I used 2D in vitro and chimeric in vivo models to determine the pathological response that human stem cell-derived neurons have to the Alzheimer's disease risk factor, ApoE4. During my Ph.D., I used 2D in vitro and chimeric in vivo models to determine the pathological response that human stem cell-derived neurons have to the Alzheimer's disease risk factor, ApoE4.



Biotech Connection - Bay Area, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Consultant

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2016

  I was member of a consulting team that provided market research and opportunity analysis for biotech startups in San Francisco, CA. I was member of a consulting team that provided market research and opportunity analysis for biotech startups in San Francisco, CA.



UC Santa Barbara

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2013

  I worked in multiple labs during my time at UCSB ranging in focus from understanding chemical changes that occur in the brain as a result of cocaine addiction to investigating the role that the Wnt pathway plays in the ascidian model organism Botryllus schlosseri. I worked in multiple labs during my time at UCSB ranging in focus from understanding chemical changes that occur in the brain as a result of cocaine addiction to investigating the role that the Wnt pathway plays in the ascidian model organism Botryllus schlosseri.