Experience

Epinoma

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO and Co-Founder

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Stealth diagnostics company (backed by YC S21) Stealth diagnostics company (backed by YC S21)



PodiVive

• San Francisco, California, United States

• Founder

  • Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  Leading the technical and business development of a stealth product in the diabetes foot ulcer space. Leading the technical and business development of a stealth product in the diabetes foot ulcer space.



Verde Lux

• Greater San Diego Area

• Founder

  • Oct 2017 - May 2020

  Designed and implemented a non-traditional research pathway for URM and low-income high school students in the San Diego area. Lead author on a 180-page primer textbook in covering relevant topics such as HIV, diabetes, microfluidics, and 20 other case studies. Integrating an immersive VR platform for lab techniques visualization. Hands-on experience with designing educational methodologies better suited for current learning environments and in building data-driven platforms to provide personalized feedback. Awarded $15,000 grant as a 2019 Strauss Fellow for further efforts. Show less



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Computational Biologist

  • Jul 2019 - Jan 2020

  Leading a team of 5 undergraduates to develop and scale a platform for Alzheimer’s Disease detection. Designed 14-layer convolutional neural net to extract lexical, semantic, and vocal features from Dementia Bank samples; supplemented with Random Forest and PNN classifier methods that demonstrate higher accuracy than existing methods. Leading a team of 5 undergraduates to develop and scale a platform for Alzheimer’s Disease detection. Designed 14-layer convolutional neural net to extract lexical, semantic, and vocal features from Dementia Bank samples; supplemented with Random Forest and PNN classifier methods that demonstrate higher accuracy than existing methods.



Scrybe

• Greater San Diego Area

• Founder

  • Jun 2019 - Jan 2020

  Stealth. Focused on making a difference in the collaborations and unified communications industry through enabling of real-time handwriting transcription on any surface. Stealth. Focused on making a difference in the collaborations and unified communications industry through enabling of real-time handwriting transcription on any surface.



iGEM Community

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• North American Ambassador

  • Dec 2018 - Dec 2019



Epinoma

• Greater San Diego Area

• Project Lead

  • Mar 2018 - Jun 2019

  Lead inventor (awarded patent February 2019) for liquid biopsy platform that analyzes epigenetic alterations in the human genome instead of traditional point mutations. Main technical deliverables included: computational biomarker discovery tool that combines LASSO-Random Forest approach, biochemical assay with novel MBD-HRP fusion protein, and digital health infrastructure. Led team of 11 undergraduates in early-stage design, prototyping, and pre-clinical validation. Also authored business plan that detailed pathway to commercialization, clinical, and regulatory strategy. Recognized for multiple awards: 2nd place (out of 343 teams) at international research competition, the iGEM Jamboree, Best Diagnostics Project, Best Poster, Best Entrepreneurship, Best Education and Public Engagement Show less



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Lead

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

  Designed a novel approach to address contamination in industrial fermentation. Implemented metabolic engineering techniques to import a pathway for D-tagatose production in cyanobacteria. Used NCBI, aPE, Snapgene, and codon optimization tools to find and edit protein sequences. Generated 3D schematic of flat-plate photobioreactor through AutoCAD design tools. Submitted publication to iGEM PLOS collection; currently in review. Designed a novel approach to address contamination in industrial fermentation. Implemented metabolic engineering techniques to import a pathway for D-tagatose production in cyanobacteria. Used NCBI, aPE, Snapgene, and codon optimization tools to find and edit protein sequences. Generated 3D schematic of flat-plate photobioreactor through AutoCAD design tools. Submitted publication to iGEM PLOS collection; currently in review.