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Los Angeles, CA, US

Cupertino, California, United States

Licensed by the PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certifying Board)

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Project: Confidential Title
• Presented research at the 2023 UCSB Research Mentorship Program Symposium
• Utilized mutant Drosophila melanogaster and consumption assays to elucidate the receptor basis behind ATP chemoreception and induced feeding phagostimulation
• Conducted calcium GCaMP8f imaging to identify key areas of chemoreception and specific gene expression in gustatory receptor neurons
• Prepared food stock solutions, maintained fly housing, set up fly crosses, fly splitting, fly counting, and euthanasia of flies
• Utilized Excel and GraphPad for data analysis and figure production

United States

• Project: Synthesis of a library of solid-phase peptide fluorophores: A generalized solution for subcellular imaging, protein biophysics, and diagnostics
• Presented research poster at the 2023 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Conference doi.org/10.1021/scimeetings.3c10042
• Synthesized fluorescent amino acids for production of a novel class of fluorescent peptides
• Printed fluorescent peptides through a solid-phase peptide synthesizer
• Used NMR and LC-MS instruments to characterize compounds Project: Mass Spectrometry-Enabled Quantification of Dopamine and Its Metabolites in Evaluating the Progression of Parkinson’s Disease in Brain Tissue
• Presented research poster at the 2022 West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research (WBSURC) Conference at Loyola Mount University

United States

• Project: Effects of pentylenetetrazol, a GABA receptor antagonist, in a Down syndrome mice model and novel use of the Mouse Gambling Task for quantification of risk-assessment capabilities
• Presented oral & poster at the 2023 California Northern Junior Sciences & Humanities Symposium
• Presented oral & poster at the 2023 California Life Sciences BioGENEius Challenge Conference
• Analyzed the efficacy of a drug on down syndrome model in mice by comparing the cognition and behavior prior to and after administration of the drug
• Facilitated testing behavioral tasks such as mazes and gambling puzzles to evaluate choice-making skills and the effect of the drug
• Recorded and performed data analysis on Excel and GraphPad

San Jose, California, United States

• Project: Identification of Omeprazole Metabolites in Human Urines and Investigation of Its Pharmacokinetic Variability
• Published in EDP Science’s peer-reviewed journal, BIO Web of Conferences with the 2022 4th International Conference on Biotechnology and Food Science: https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20236001004
• Analyzed UPLC-HRMS (Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry) datasets for metabolite identification of a commonly-prescribed antacid, omeprazole
• Gathered previously-reported pharmacokinetic data from various patients’ blood plasma concentrations to calculate parameters to elucidate possible drug-drug interactions

Bachelor'S Degree, Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology, Freshman

High School Diploma, 9-12

Activities and Societies: President of Neuroscience Club, Co-Founder & Co-President of Betting Against the Odds Club, Varsity Badminton.

Pre-College, 11-12

Courses: INT93P - Presentation Techniques in Research, INT93R - Introduction to Research Techniques

Pre-College, 10-11

Courses: Introduction to Human Physiology and Anatomy, Implicit Bias: Social Stereotyping, Introduction to Hip Hop Dance

Computer Science, 10-11

Courses: Introduction to C++

Online Courses, Molecular Pharmacology, 10

Courses: Fundamentals of Pharmacokinetics (103-OD), Noncompartmental Data Analysis (105-OD)