Experience

Kiyatec Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Preclinical Services

  • Jul 2023 - Present

• Chief Scientific Officer

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Scientific Director

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2017

  Greenville, SC As the Scientific Director at KIYATEC, I led a team of 9 scientists, assisted business development in the design of new contracts, and managed all scientific endeavors within R&D including numerous service contracts, 2 NCI funded Phase II SBIRs, a NIBIB funded Phase II SBIR, and internal research.

• Principal Scientist

  • Nov 2013 - Nov 2014

  greenville, south carolina As a Principal Scientist at KIYATEC, I completed all work associated with a NCI funded Phase I SBIR directly resulting in the granting of a Phase II contract.



Tufts University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Nov 2012 - Oct 2013

  medford, ma Managed all kidney related projects, including the development of 3D human kidney tissue models and their application to kidney diseases and toxicology.

• Postdoctoral Associate

  • Aug 2010 - Nov 2012

  Medford, MA Developed 3D human tissue models for drug toxicity and disease modeling applications, including 3D bio-engineered models of human kidney tissue and human breast tissue.



Boston Children's Hospital

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

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2010



Tufts University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2004 - Jun 2009

  Studied the epigenetic regulation of E-cadherin during squamous cell carcinoma progression using a 3D model of human skin.



VisEn Medical

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Research Associate

  • Jan 2002 - Aug 2004



Pfizer

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process technician

  • Jun 2001 - Jan 2002