Experience

UC San Diego School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Member of Dr. Robert Ross's research laboratory at the University of California, San Diego - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Research focus on proteins that are found in the regions of the cardiac muscle cell known as the intercalated disc and costamere, which may play roles in mechanotransduction and also provide structural support for the cell and its sub-cellular components. Investigations are on the role of these proteins in cardiac conduction, rhythm disturbances, growth, remodeling and preservation of normal function. Show less



Namocell

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Application Scientist

  • Jul 2021 - Jun 2023



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Scientist and Ph.D. Candidate

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2020

  My research uses cutting edge biotechnology and an interdisciplinary approach to understand the mechanical and intercellular signaling regulation of aortic valve endothelial and interstitial cells, and how this relates to pathogenesis in relation to calcific aortic valve disease. Working under Dr. Jonathan T. Butcher, I develop and apply innovative in vitro cell culture systems, in vivo animal models, and biomolecular processes to develop biologically based regenerative strategies to diagnose and prevent valve disease. Show less

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  Under Dr. David Putnam, I served as the course teaching assistant for Engineering Principles of Drug Delivery. I held instructor hours, answered questions on material, graded homework and tests, and overall supervised student learning for 90 students at the upper-level undergraduate to graduate (Master’s and PhD) level in an intensive comprehensive, didactic course.



NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

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

• Visiting Research Fellow

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  • Shadowed physician and surgeon KOLs in the reconstructive plastic surgery department, ranging from outpatient check-ups to different reconstructive operations and daily/grand rounds at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York - Presbyterian Hospital. • Observed various departments (e.g. emergency medicine, cardiothoracic, pediatrics, etc.) to evaluate needs of different physicians in relation to medical devices or tissue products. • Assisted in clinician collaborator research project to cellularize 3D collagen constructs with endothelial, smooth muscle cell, and/or mesenchymal stem-cells (MSCs) towards in vivo evaluation in a rat model; towards applications for thick-tissue vascular grafts. Show less



University of California, Riverside

• Riverside, California, United States

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • 2013 - 2014

  Working under Dr. Victor Rodgers and in collaboration with Dr. David Jassby, I worked on exploring the application polymer membranes with novel properties (i.e. electrically conductivity of poly-vinyl-alcohol cross-linked with functionalized, multi-walled carbon-nanotubes (PVA-CNT)) could be implemented to improve protein ultrafiltration processes. Designed and tested fluidic membrane testing module and tangential filtration system, as well as forming and optimizing experimental protocols. Working under Dr. Victor Rodgers and in collaboration with Dr. David Jassby, I worked on exploring the application polymer membranes with novel properties (i.e. electrically conductivity of poly-vinyl-alcohol cross-linked with functionalized, multi-walled carbon-nanotubes (PVA-CNT)) could be implemented to improve protein ultrafiltration processes. Designed and tested fluidic membrane testing module and tangential filtration system, as well as forming and optimizing experimental protocols.