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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Paris, Île-De-France, France

Engineering (Technology) Committee Member (Feb 2022 - Dec 2022): Working on team instructor education, genetic parts distribution, and interlaboratory studies for the 2022 iGEM season.iGEM Community - Phoenix Project Lead (Feb 2022-Jan 2023): Helping past iGEM projects get back on track to creating startups or continuing their projects as non-profits, while building data and communications infrastructure for multi-project engagement.iGEM Community - Beyond the Cycle - Interview Subteam Lead (Mar 2023- ): Conducting professional and academic interviews and writing at a scientific level. Goals: To inform and advise current teams on previous related projects' journeys, To establish connections between alumni/new teams/mentors, and to ensure lasting viability of and ability to refer to completed projects.iGEM Community - Policy Research Group - Bioremediation Lead (Mar 2023- ): Writing about and researching policy regarding the bioeconomy, biorisk, and bioremediation.

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Club scheduler (2021-2022): Used Git and C# to maintain, update and troubleshoot a scheduling system for weekly Toastmasters speeches as part of the education team.Club president (2022-2023): Led weekly general meetings and monthly executive team meetings regarding club finances, membership, culture, and the educational program as well as planned events and maintained the club's President's Distinguished status (the highest honorary title).Club VP-Public Relations (2023-2024): Writing a weekly newsletter involving club statistics, members interviews, and event plans as well as contacting other clubs and organizations nearby for event creation and collaboration.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Led asbestos, beryllium, and cyanide job safety analyses (JSA) and risk assessments (RA), as well as relevant incident investigations as the employee representative of the Operational Integrity Committee.• Determined elemental concentrations in acid-digested and cyanide-leached mining samples using Flame and Cold-Vapor Atomic Absorbance Spectroscopy (AAS), ICP-OES, and ICP-MS through SpectrAA and Syngistix software. Maintained instruments as needed.• Trained in LIMS management (CCLAS 6) and upholding GMP requirements in a geochemical laboratory setting.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Contributed to the Open Enzyme Collection from Stanford’s FreeGene initiative by designing new DNA constructs for required enzymes using SnapGene Viewer and Benchling, and testing them in lab using the Golden Gate Assembly MoClo (Modular Cloning) System.• Designed experiments, developing protocols and strategizing methodology with other labs involved.• Conducted industry, non-profit, and academic relations.• Facilitated software development for codon and RNA secondary structure optimization using the Go language.• Managed the team through establishing responsibility structures and coordinating communications.• Conducted a workshop at the 5th Global Community BioSummit.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Led the wet-lab portion of a global project to democratize biotechnology through development of cheaper, more accessible, and less IP-ridden enzyme-production methods - which won a Gold medal for our efforts.• Managed the team through establishing responsibility structures and coordinating communication between collaborating parties.• Contributed to the technical writing sections of the project wiki while using HTML.• Led the establishment of international academic, industry, non-profit, and financial relations.• Coordinated efforts for social media presence on Twitter and Instagram.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Conducted zoom lectures targeted at teenagers on several topics surrounding mental health andlifestyle coaching.• Created several specifically tailored year long study and action plans to implement on potentialclients.• Reached out to potential clientele candidates including schools and third party sport programs.• Kept up with legislative work including audits, bylaws, minutes, and constitution.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

-Evaluated prospective small-molecule inhibitors against the AR and its mutants in prostate cancer cell lines via bio-luminescence assays and transfection.-Performed numerous Western Blots and SDS-PAGEs.-Cloned sequences into plasmids following primer design, PCR, and restriction digests.-Produced protein stocks through protein purification of transformed BL21 bacterial cultures.-Operated on the Biolayer Interferometry apparatus to measure protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions.-Executed gel filtration assays using the AKTA high performance liquid chromatography hardware and software.-Used Fluorescence-activated cell sorting to structurally analyze different cell lines and treatments.-Presented collected data as well as newly researched techniques to the team.-Organized freezer stocks of different DNA, protein, and bacterial cultures for the entire team.-Managed time well to be able to perform other minor tasks such as making buffers for the lab.-Conducted numerous protein content assays (Bradford and BCA).-Maintained cells in vitro and maintained the incubators where those cells resided.-Carried out various sequence extractions through mini-preps and Maxi-preps.-Characterized important cellular features through light microscopy.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

-Tested Retail Meat Enterococcus isolates for resistance patterns using Mueller Hinton Agar disk diffusion assays.-Speciated and genotyped those isolates by doing DNA isolations and running PCR, gel electrophoresis, sequencing, and running ncbi BLAST.-Presented data collected over the summer at the SURE Veterinary Medicine research day event.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

-Used Microsoft Excel and Matlab to provide an algorithm for determining heart arrhythmia from MIT-BIH Database ECG biomedical signal records only by looking at the RR interval patterns.-Conducted a plethora of relevant literature review and research on the topic of interest.-Presented data collected at the URO REX summer research event and will continue to work on an application that incorporates this algorithm to be used in conjunction with wearable ECG-detecting devices.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Studied the role of protein gp78 in cancer metastasis by looking at its ubiquitilation process under stressful conditions (mitophagy).Spent the majority of my time shadowing one of the researchers, learning new information about the research, and critically thinking and asking relevant questions.Technical skills learned include: fluorescent tagging, confocal microscopy, SDS Page, Western Blotting, Eukaryotic cell culturing, antibody production.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Represented the class and aided instructor by handling delivery of all course content to the instructor and consulting the class on their subject priorities and overall satisfaction with the curriculum and experience.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Was responsible for all event planning, most event ideas, and tabling related to the club.

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

The research was focused on the vital relationship between plants, microbes, soil, carbon, nutrients, and water to better understand the ecosystem.-Led a team by devising plans for the group and maintaining an open mind during discussions.-Adapted through the ability to do field work in vastly different conditions.-Patiently identified plants, fungi, and invertebrates with the use of a reference guide.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

-Demonstrated solid customer service skills by responding to patients inquiries and keeping calm composure even with difficult customers.-Maintained and organized the workplace by keeping track of inventory, disposing of expired drugs, and arranging incoming orders.-Multi-tasked and prioritized during peak operating hours.-Paid attention to detail by preparing patient orders though sorting pills and packaging & labeling medications.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

- Attended to detail during final stage manual assembly of electrical meters- Worked independently and under minimal supervision- Produced quality output under tight time constraints and stressful environments

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biophysics

Electives in Immunology, Biochemistry, Cellular Engineering. Cancer & Pharmacology. Biophysics interests include: (membrane).

Bsc, Biology

High School Diploma, 12

Graduated with Honors

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