Cultured Meat Media Development• Cell line development• Cell culture media ingredient qualification• High-throughput cell culture media optimization• Cell culture media utilization analysis

Stanford Propel funded Postdoctoral FellowUsing multi-omics to characterize pig islet development.• Led and coordinated a multi-institutional team focused on characterizing pig islet development.• Developed methodology for isolating pig islets and FACS strategy to purify individual cell types.• Generated and analyzed sc-RNAseq and bulk ATACseq data from pig islet cells.Identifying drivers of islet maturation to improve diabetic therapy and transplantation.• Developed computational pipeline to identify gene networks in human islet sc-RNAseq data.• Discovered transcriptional regulators of islet development with therapeutic potential for diabetes.• Collaborated with cGMP manufacturing facility to translate islet organoid protocol into clinical trial for islet transplantation therapy.

NIH NRSA F31 funded Graduate StudentExploring the impact of obesity on pancreatic islet function in mice.• Integrated bulk and sc-RNAseq data to identify obesity-induced transcriptional changes in islets.• Performed large scale IHC imaging and analysis to characterize islet morphology during obesity.• Mentored 3 undergraduates through developing and completing independent research projects.

Identifying mutations that predict endometrial cancer recurrence.• Characterized endometrial cancer mutations in cell lines using cloning, Western blotting, and PCR.• Taught non-scientific community members basic molecular techniques used in cancer research.

Measuring microbial growth in commercially sold food.• Performed microbial growth assays by homogenizing food samples in appropriate growth media.• Managed and tracked sample deliveries.

Assessing the impact of grasshopper granivory on plant competition dynamics.• Collected and classified grasshoppers in the South Texas Plains.• Developed assay for measuring grasshopper seed-eating preference under laboratory conditions.• Tracked bunchgrass growth during drought conditions using calipers.