CMC Project Manager

• Nov 2021 - Present

Project Manager- Biomanufacturing / Cell & Gene Therapy

• Jan 2021 - Nov 2021

CMC Project Manager

• Nov 2019 - Jan 2021

- Leading CMC workstreams for pre-clinical and clinical stage cell therapy programs- Responsible for developing CMC focused project plans for CTA/IND submission filings, monitoring progress, and identifying risks and required mitigation strategies. - Managed critical path activities of technology transfer to completion for phase-I manufacturing readiness- Driving continuous improvement projects to reduce vein to delivery (V2D) time for clinical batch manufacture

Research Associate- Process Development

• Sep 2018 - Nov 2019

Autolus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation, programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. Using a broad suite of proprietary and modular T cell programming technologies, the Company is engineering precisely targeted, controlled and highly active T cell therapies that are designed to better recognise cancer cells, break down their defence mechanisms and eliminate these cells. Key Responsibilities: - Utilize molecular based techniques to modulate cell function - Develop vectors and vector processes suitable for clinical applications - Generate and characterize viral vectors - Author development reports Show less

Research Assistant

• Jan 2016 - Jun 2018

Utilizing molecular and cell based strategies, I investigated how multiple cell types migrate and interact with one another during tissue formation in normal development and disease. Results - Utilized industry standard molecular biology assays to unravel key developmental questions - Confocal Microscopy (static/live) - Designed and generated expression constructs - Produced technical reports and refined assay SOPs - Co-authored two major federal grant proposals (NIH & NSF) - Presented technical/non-technical seminars at meetings and conferences Show less

Undergraduate Research Fellow

• Jun 2013 - Jan 2016

Worked to develop a candidate model for neuronal migration in Zebrafish, using a combinatorial approach of time-lapse confocal microscopy and static IHC in wild-type (WT) and mutant fish lines. Results - Produced weekly technical reports following data collection - Authored and successfully acquired a highly competitive university fellowship (UROP) - Successfully proposed two travel awards to a major international conference (Experimental Biology) - Presented research to broader audiences at conferences and meetings - Developed and standardized super-resolution live imaging techniques for our research group Show less