Experience

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  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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

  • Sr. Contract Specialist

    • Nov 2022 - Present

  • Sr. Adminstrative Coordinator

    • Jan 2019 - Nov 2022

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  Johns Hopkins University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Assistant Research Scientist

    • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Laboratory Manager

    • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

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  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

    • Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

    Investigating the repositioning process of DNA nucleosomes by chromosome remodeler proteins with nanometer precision for a better understanding of how chromosome are unpacked and gene expression is regulated.

  • Laboratory Manager

    • Dec 2009 - Dec 2015

    - Helped to set up and maintain key laboratory research equipment, and manage an academic research laboratory operations for up to 9 technical personnel.- Provide training for new lab personnel on various experimental and data analysis techniques.- In charge of equipment and research supplies purchasing, tracking and reporting expenditures.- Developed and maintain the research lab website, including publication and members updates.- Coordinated inter-state move for laboratory personnel and equipment.

  • Graduate Research Assistant (PhD Candidate)

    • Dec 2009 - Dec 2014

    Discovered key mechanism involved in how recombinase proteins counterbalance each other to keep DNA mutations in check. - Published in Nature Communications (2013) - Presented at regional and national conferences (2010-2013) - Awarded Poster Prize (2011)Investigated specific mechanism of helicase proteins in resolving a unique secondary DNA structures that can stall DNA replication and cause mutations resulting in many neurodegenerative diseases. - Presented at regional conferences (2014) - Awarded Poster Prize (2014) - Initiated collaboration for the testing of artificial inhibitors developed for eventual therapeutic purposes.Co-authored two review papers on single molecule imaging techniques and proteins involved in DNA repair in 2011 and 2014.Consulted on several inter- and intra-university projects studying proteins responsible for viral packaging, chromosome remodeling, RNA transcription regulation and nitrogen conversion in plant cells.- Mentored 1 high school, 3 undergraduate and 2 rotation graduate students on Single Molecule techniques and experiments.- Coordinated and taught Single Molecule Teaching and Experiment Modules to other graduate-level and above scholars (Center for the Physics of Living Cells).

  • Graduate Research Assistant (Master's)

    • Aug 2006 - Dec 2009

    Part of team that developed a novel method to use ultrasound imaging for breast cancer diagnosis. - Published results in Academic Radiology (2008) and International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2009) - Presented work at regional and national conferences (2008-2009)Adapted and implemented algorithms for the use of image processing for ultrasound elastography using a programmable ultrasound machine (Ultrasonix) and tissue-mimicking gelatin phantoms.

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

    Established virtual imaging teaching lab, a teaching program complete with guidelines and practices for various imaging modalities such as ultrasound, FTIR, MRI and OCT, intended to familiarize students with basic imaging theories and their uses.

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  Duke University

  • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

  • Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow

    • Jan 2005 - May 2006
    • Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

    Simulated, constructed and tested 3-D ultrasound transducer arrays using micro-soldering and micro-fabrication techniques. Also developed C++ program enabling unlimited continuous data acquisition on the ultrasound machine. - Published results in Ultrasonic Imaging (2007) - Work was presented at international conference (2006) - Awarded the Helmholtz Award (2006)