Experience

Allegro Ophthalmics, LLC

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  • Develop and maintain NGS analysis pipelines (Bash and R) to facilitate pharmacodynamics and toxicology studies of ophthalmic drug candidates. • Effectively manage preclinical research programs across six academic labs and four research institutes that produced three scholarly journal publications. • Coordinate with research teams to plan RNA-seq and molecular experiments, interpret data, and generate research reports. • Forge new commercial partnerships as a member of the business development team. • Collaborate with the clinical team to expand therapeutic pipeline into new indications.



Audentes Therapeutics

• Biotechnology Research

• Bioinformatics Consultant

  • Dec 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Created cloud and local pipelines containing established bioinformatics tools to analyze NGS data (genomics & RNA-seq). • Worked with R&D groups to generate quantitative information on the performance of gene therapy products. • Created cloud and local pipelines containing established bioinformatics tools to analyze NGS data (genomics & RNA-seq). • Worked with R&D groups to generate quantitative information on the performance of gene therapy products.



Caltech

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Doctoral Student

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2019

  • Combined RNA-seq and shotgun proteomics (LC/MSMS) to study ocular diseases and the biological response induced by therapeutics. • Designed and developed analytical software packages (ERSSA at Bioconductor) and workflows in Python, R, and Bash for RNA-seq data analysis. • Provided monthly research presentations and annual progress reports to pharmaceutical company collaborators. • Combined RNA-seq and shotgun proteomics (LC/MSMS) to study ocular diseases and the biological response induced by therapeutics. • Designed and developed analytical software packages (ERSSA at Bioconductor) and workflows in Python, R, and Bash for RNA-seq data analysis. • Provided monthly research presentations and annual progress reports to pharmaceutical company collaborators.



Avidity Biosciences LLC

• Business Development Consultant

  • Dec 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Generated primary industry due diligence through review of scientific literature and public resources. • Maintained disease/therapeutic databases for competitive landscape and product opportunity analysis. • Generated primary industry due diligence through review of scientific literature and public resources. • Maintained disease/therapeutic databases for competitive landscape and product opportunity analysis.



Roche

• Switzerland
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bioinformatics Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  • Studied public-sourced human genetic variant databases to identify reliable and accurate datasets for variant library generation. • Conducted performance analysis of genomics NGS software for potential utility in internal analytical pipelines. • Studied public-sourced human genetic variant databases to identify reliable and accurate datasets for variant library generation. • Conducted performance analysis of genomics NGS software for potential utility in internal analytical pipelines.



Genencor, A Danisco Division

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  • Performed genetic engineering of microbial strains resulting in successful improvement of production performance. • Performed genetic engineering of microbial strains resulting in successful improvement of production performance.