Experience

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Saint Louis, Missouri



Agrela Ecosystems

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer

  • Dec 2017 - Present

  Greater St. Louis Area Development and management of circuit, sensor, and systems engineering.



University of Missouri: Manuel Leal Laboratory

• Field Engineer/Research Assistant

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  Bahamas • Ensured the proper function of sensitive electronics, specifically a thermal camera. ‌• Collected lizard behavioral and physiological data.



ImpeDx Diagnostics

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing

• R&D Engineer

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

  Kansas City, Missouri • Assisted in the general design and development of a rapid blood culture system designed to more quickly detect blood-born infections which lead to sepsis. • Wrote computer programs to automate data collection and curve-fitting data analysis with a MATLAB graphical user interface (GUI). Also worked to seamlessly integrate real-time data collection in processing. • Designed printed circuit boards (PCBs) for signal low-capacitance multiplexing. • Generated… Show more • Assisted in the general design and development of a rapid blood culture system designed to more quickly detect blood-born infections which lead to sepsis. • Wrote computer programs to automate data collection and curve-fitting data analysis with a MATLAB graphical user interface (GUI). Also worked to seamlessly integrate real-time data collection in processing. • Designed printed circuit boards (PCBs) for signal low-capacitance multiplexing. • Generated three-dimensional models of parts for printing. Show less



University of Missouri

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher: Ricardo Holdo Laboratory

  • Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  University of Missouri, Columbia • Worked to develop tools and test methods for the quantification of plant transpiration using thermal collected via thermal cameras and infrared radiometers.Placed third in a poster presentation contest for my presentation detailing the results from this work. • Automated systems for data collection and high throughput data analysis using various programming languages, microcontrollers such as Arduinos, and computing systems such as Raspberry Pis. • Designed and ordered printed… Show more • Worked to develop tools and test methods for the quantification of plant transpiration using thermal collected via thermal cameras and infrared radiometers.Placed third in a poster presentation contest for my presentation detailing the results from this work. • Automated systems for data collection and high throughput data analysis using various programming languages, microcontrollers such as Arduinos, and computing systems such as Raspberry Pis. • Designed and ordered printed circuit boards (PCBs) and assembled the circuitry for a large scale deployment of sensors which were subsequently taken to the African Serengeti to collect temperature, soil moisture, and solar radiance data. • Independently developed a novel method for analyzing plant water sap-flow using only a high definition camera recording subtle changes in the plant stem diameter.

• Math-Based Science Tutor

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  University of Missouri Student Help center • At this position I helped struggling students in their chemistry and physics coursework

• Research Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  975 N Warson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63132 • Worked as a research intern in the Doug Allen Laboratory at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. where I was responsible for conducting my own research project in which I investigated soybean carbon assimilation metabolic pathways. • Developed more efficient GUI pipelines for data processing using MATLAB programming. • At the end of the internship, I gave a 20 minute talk on my work and scientific conclusions at a symposium.