Experience

GentiBio
• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Scientist II

  • Jul 2022 - Present


Columbia University Irving Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Farber Lab - Microbiology & Immunology - CUIMC I am interested in the generation and maintenance of tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells in early life. I integrate functional/phenotypic assays with bioinformatics analyses of transcriptomic and additional NGS datasets to identify distinctions in the gene expression profiles of TRM populations within specific tissue spaces, and characterize the functional modules they regulate throughout the first 10 years of life. I also study gamma delta (γδ) T cells, a rare but potent subset of T cells in neonates and infants. Their lack of HLA restriction makes them ideal for developing cancer immunotherapies and has been well documented in literature. However, we are only beginning to understand their range of effector functions and specific activation pathways. I use coculture stimulation, high dimensional flow cytometry and confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy to study what cell types γδ T cells interact with in tissues, what their resulting activation states are, and how we can can leverage their effector functions to generate therapeutics. Show less



Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor to Outreach & Alumni Relations

  • Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

• Director of Outreach and Alumni Relation

  • Apr 2020 - Jan 2022

• Senior Editor

  • May 2019 - May 2020

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  Shen Lab - Irving Cancer Research Center - CUIMC Established novel 'gastruloid' system in the lab, growing axis specifying mES cell organoids to study the role of Nodal signaling and associated co-receptor Cripto in early mammalian development. Honed cell culture skills through various rounds of troubleshooting and optimization Shen Lab - Irving Cancer Research Center - CUIMC Established novel 'gastruloid' system in the lab, growing axis specifying mES cell organoids to study the role of Nodal signaling and associated co-receptor Cripto in early mammalian development. Honed cell culture skills through various rounds of troubleshooting and optimization



National Centre for Biological Sciences

• India

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2018

  Studied object-identification and chemical olfaction in honeybees and hoverflies to identify the roles color, scent and floral morphology play in plant-pollinator interaction under Dr. Shannon B. Olsson. Studied object-identification and chemical olfaction in honeybees and hoverflies to identify the roles color, scent and floral morphology play in plant-pollinator interaction under Dr. Shannon B. Olsson.



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• NSF Project Contributor

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2017

  NSF Supported project: "Scent-mediated diversification of flowers and moths across western North America"

• Research Apprentice

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  Studied co-evolution in hawkmoths and evening primroses through differential Linalool stereoisomer production under Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior Chair Dr. Robert Raguso