Experience

Imperial College London

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technician

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Currently working at Imperial College London as a Research Technician within the National Heart and Lung Institute at St Mary's campus. My main focus is on two SARS-CoV-2 studies:1. INSTINCT (The Integrated Network for Surveillance, Trials and Investigation of COVID-19 Transmission), 2. ATACCC (Assessment Transmissions and Contagiousness of Covid-19 Contacts)]the results of which will inform government policy associated with recommended isolation times and testing strategies. My role largely includes:- Processing and biobanking of human blood samples, isolating participant plasma, serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) for analysis. - Multicolour Flow Cytometry staining and data acquisition which includes cell staining, cell fixation & permeabilisation.- DNA and RNA extraction from tissues or sorted cells



Blue Engineering

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Relations Coordinator

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  I perform the day to day running of Blue Engineering’s social media presence over their Facebook, Linked In, Instagram, and Twitter platforms. This involves contacting Structural engineers and their clients for company news content and writing a monthly internal newsletter for company employees. I perform the day to day running of Blue Engineering’s social media presence over their Facebook, Linked In, Instagram, and Twitter platforms. This involves contacting Structural engineers and their clients for company news content and writing a monthly internal newsletter for company employees.



Newlon Housing Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Service charge administrator

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

  I secured a 3-month contract as a Service Charge Administrator at Newlon Housing Association. This involved contacting residents and giving an explanation for any adjustment in housing service charges, which has greatly improved my interpersonal skills. I also collaborated with the finance department, submitting invoices and calculating projected service cost changes. I secured a 3-month contract as a Service Charge Administrator at Newlon Housing Association. This involved contacting residents and giving an explanation for any adjustment in housing service charges, which has greatly improved my interpersonal skills. I also collaborated with the finance department, submitting invoices and calculating projected service cost changes.



Bioline

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research And Development Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - Sep 2018

  I obtained a month-long placement as a lab assistant in the R&D department at Bioline - Meridian Bioscience London. They are a scientific reagents company that specialises in the production of PCR, qPCR and NGS reagents. I was assigned to a project in which we produced an optimised buffer solution for Bst.2.0 DNA polymerase for LAMP (Loop-Mediated Isothermal DNA Amplification). During my time there, I learnt how to use and program automated pipetting robots, QuantStudio qPCR machines, RT-PCR, and analyse large datasets.