Experience

Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Mar 2014 - Present

  - Investigated engineered heart patch for the repair of congenital heart defects - Designed and conducted survival animal surgeries and cardiac imaging - Developed rat model of right ventricular outflow defect repair - Wrote and reviewed grant proposals, abstracts, manuscripts and animal protocols - Managed laboratory staff and equipment - Worked efficiently on multidisciplinary teams ranging from physicists to clinicians - Investigated engineered heart patch for the repair of congenital heart defects - Designed and conducted survival animal surgeries and cardiac imaging - Developed rat model of right ventricular outflow defect repair - Wrote and reviewed grant proposals, abstracts, manuscripts and animal protocols - Managed laboratory staff and equipment - Worked efficiently on multidisciplinary teams ranging from physicists to clinicians



Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Feb 2011 - Jan 2014

  - Investigated synthetic and biological constructs for myocardial replacement - Designed and managed in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo experiments for cardiac tissue regeneration applications - Supervised 7 graduate and undergraduate students in experimental design and equipment training - Reviewed quantify articles for journals - Investigated synthetic and biological constructs for myocardial replacement - Designed and managed in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo experiments for cardiac tissue regeneration applications - Supervised 7 graduate and undergraduate students in experimental design and equipment training - Reviewed quantify articles for journals



Oklahoma State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Student, Research Assistant

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

  - Investigated and developed a novel method for polycaprolactone scaffold formation (patent pending) - Simulated the bioreactor design for regenerating human bladder tissue using COMSOL Multi-physics software - Supervised 3 undergraduate students in experimental design and equipment training - Investigated and developed a novel method for polycaprolactone scaffold formation (patent pending) - Simulated the bioreactor design for regenerating human bladder tissue using COMSOL Multi-physics software - Supervised 3 undergraduate students in experimental design and equipment training