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United States

Working to develop and introduce new blueberry varieties in California and the Pacific Northwest through traditional breeding methods and innovative new emerging breeding methods.

Evaluating pre-commercialized varieties in trials to explore the best horticultural practices and optimize plant growth, yield, trellising system, and overall quality for growers. Working closely with the tissue culture lab, greenhouse manager, and field crew to achieve the trials objectives.

Watsonville, California, United States

Exploiting the nutritional potential of black raspberries through traditional and innovative biotechnological breeding techniques.

California

Worked with the white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) in exploring the use of gene editing technologies to accelerate the development of new varieties with improve shelf life and increasing tolerance to bruising. Researched and developed trials to test the mycelium's ability to produce non-native compounds.

Foster City, Ca

Conduct the extraction, fragmentation, precipitation, and hybridization of DNA using Microlab STAR Liquid Handling System and Tecan Freedom Evo instruments. Adhered to laboratory’s quality control, safety policies, and good laboratories practices.

Bethesda, Maryland

- Worked in optimizing a new approach to aid in the diagnosis of patients with Lewy body diseases through the use of skin biopsies. - Ran assays and analyzed data to measure catechol levels in the blood from patients that had consumed coffee test the hypothesis of how drinking coffee can decrease the risk of developing Parkinson's Disease (PD).

Uc Davis Medical School Of Pharmacology

- Conducted research to understand the impact the transcription factor protein, MXD3, has on medulloblastoma. Work on optimizing and executing an assay to determine if there was an interaction between MXD3 and MAX (transcription factor) to help understand the impact on cell proliferation.- Worked on mutating sections of MXD3 to understand the if MXD3 had MAX-independent functions

Bethesda, Maryland

Studied, researched, and conducted assays on Bacteroides fragilis, an anaerobic gram-negative bacterium, that can cause diarrheal disease and has been linked to colon cancer. Aim of the research was to elucidate the role of the pro-domain in the biogenesis of the B. fragilis toxin through mutations using site-directed mutagenesis.

Masters, Plant Breeding

Plant Breeding Academy, Agricultural And Horticultural Plant Breeding

Biochemistry And Molecular Biology With A Minor In Chicano Studies

Activities and Societies: Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity Inc., Intramural sports (Soccer),Conducted research in the lab of Dr. Diaz.

High School, High School Certificate Of Competence Program

Activities and Societies: MSA, MESA, Track and Field, Cross Country, Soccer, Ivy League Program,