Experience

GenScript

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research Scientist, NGS

  • Jul 2022 - Present



University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant - Virology Division: NGS

  • Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

  - Performed manual library prep protocols for NGS on multiple projects, including HPV Validation, ITR-Seq, SARS-CoV-2 Genotyping, Respiratory panel, etc. - Performed and analyzed data from qPCR assays for different studies or QC purposes - Accustomed with various Illumina sequencing platforms: Miseq, NovaSeq and NextSeq2000 Sequencers - Actively participate and provide constructive suggestions during troubleshooting sessions - Drafted the SOP for in-house HPV validation study in collaboration with PI - Familiar with liquid Handlers for NGS preps such as Sciclone and MP96 Show less



University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Master's Research Thesis Student

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

  Title: Utilizing duplex sequencing to characterize TP53 mutations in high-risk ovarian cancer individuals - Goal: To understand the pathology of high-grade serous ovarian cancer in high-risk individuals to minimize and better inform the clinical standard practice of prophylactic surgeries. - Continuously refined thesis study based on reviewing contemporary literature on somatic mutations, early cancer detection diagnostics and ovarian cancer. - Performed DNA extractions and library preps for high-fidelity sequencing on peritoneal fluid and pap smear samples. - Collaborated with PI and bioinformaticist to further improve mutational analysis pipeline, including developing R scripts for MAF file analysis Show less



University of Washington - School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant - Introductory Clinical Laboratory Chemistry

  • Mar 2021 - Jun 2021

  - Prepared pre-lab recording lecture on basic principles of ELISA to enhance student’s school-from-home learning - Troubleshoot with students during lab sessions while asking active questions to cultivate student learning and curiosity - Provide constructive feedback when grading student lab reports, and making myself open for students to approach and ask questions - Prepared pre-lab recording lecture on basic principles of ELISA to enhance student’s school-from-home learning - Troubleshoot with students during lab sessions while asking active questions to cultivate student learning and curiosity - Provide constructive feedback when grading student lab reports, and making myself open for students to approach and ask questions



University of Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Chemistry Tutor, Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment (CLUE)

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Orchestrated professional development of around 10 tutors, including tasks such as providing feedback on tutoring skills, tutor shift scheduling, and acting point-of-contact for the Chemistry team• Continued to act as Chemistry Tutor in empowering students through 30-minute drop-in tutoring sessions.

• Zebrafish Care Student Assistant Technician

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

  • Exemplified accurate and detail-orientated work through observation, feeding, and caring of zebrafish under continually changing instructions • Demonstrate high dexterity skills by performing dechorionation procedure under the microscope with precision• Completed secondary tasks such as water quality control testing, fish death count logging, routing tank cleaning, etc. • Performed genomic crosses and fluorescent screening in identifying GFP/RFP markers on live embryos

• Chemistry Tutor, Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment (CLUE)

  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Tutored students in 30-minute drop-in sessions to empower students’ development of their individual study skills in addition to addressing their point of concern • Designed and implemented worksheets, lesson plans, and conducted exam reviews for more than 1000 students, which involves public-speaking, resourcefulness and class-management skills



University of Washington Materials Science & Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2020

  - Actively volunteered to support multiple projects of varying scope, from optimization of nanoparticle synthesis to application of nanoparticles as nanomedicine - Conducted thorough literature review and wrote a 5-page review paper on iron-oxide nanoparticles (IONP) vectors for breast-cancer siRNA therapy - Optimized IONP-siRNA synthesis procedure by repeating experiments rigorously and active troubleshooting with graduate mentors - Advanced project progression by performing experiments on efficacy comparison between synthesized IONP-siRNA conjugates, lipofectamine and direct siRNA transfection - Entrusted to perform multiple month-long Chitosan-Polymer conjugations to supply lab stock for IONP synthesis - Presented IONP as siRNA delivery vector project research findings at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium 2020 Show less



Penang Science Cluster

• Malaysia
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teaching Assistant Summer Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Acted as team coordinator among ten other interns and facilitated a week-long mock CSI Competition for 20 different schools ranging from 15-18 year-olds to increase their exposure to health sciences • Illustrate the ability to digest Python and Arduino coding modules quickly and re-purpose content for teaching younger audiences in classroom settings of 50 students • Created and implemented learning modules and coordinated with 5 other interns for the Moonhack 2018 - a Scratch, Micro-bit and Python workshop for primary school students Show less



Malaysian Student Association at the University of Washington (MASA UW)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • May 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Collaborated with the MASA Board of Directors in creating a sense of community and advocating for Malaysian culture through organizing college-wide outings and Malaysian cultural showcasing events • Lead the MASA Team in planning and organizing of Senior Graduation Night 2017, Deepalloween 2017, CNY: Lunar Year of the Dog 2018, ISA x MASA x VSA Dance Collab, and quarterly Sports Day events • Lead, mentor, and coach the board of directors to strive for team objective of community-building and event success Show less



University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Teaching Assistant - Learning Leadership in Practice & Theory

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Facilitated class discussions and leadership-development activities weekly • Assessed and provided feedback to student performance, and acted as a resource regarding student leadership development • Collaborated effectively with UW faculty members and other undergraduate student leaders to develop a curriculum for lab activities that aligned with the lecture section of the course • Facilitated class discussions and leadership-development activities weekly • Assessed and provided feedback to student performance, and acted as a resource regarding student leadership development • Collaborated effectively with UW faculty members and other undergraduate student leaders to develop a curriculum for lab activities that aligned with the lecture section of the course