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Alameda, California, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Data Scientist performing exploratory analysis of NGS laboratory metrics and sequencing data to monitor process stability, investigate abnormalities, and to identify opportunities for process improvements

Mountain View, California, US

Senior Data Scientist, Bioinformatician, and Engineer responsible for the design of pilot genomic studies, the development of an NGS data pipeline, exploratory analysis of genomic data, and statistical modeling of clinical data. Additionally led a team of three engineers working on automating report generation and developing a laboratory information.

Mountain View, California, US

Data Scientist, Bioinformatician, and Engineer responsible for the analysis of functional assay data for clinical report generation, bioinformatics pipeline development, and exploratory genomic data analysis

Leader of large-scale germline variant analysis efforts in the Applied Genomics team. Ongoing work includes de novo variant and candidate gene identification in families with history of rare disease and incidental findings in cancer patients.

Extensive on-the-job training in Python, SQL/Postgres, and R. Learned and utilized a large variety of bioinformatics tools and algorithms. Created a pipeline for ChIP-Seq analysis in a triple-negative breast cancer study published in Stem Cell Reports.

Round Rock, TX, US

Worked in the resist strip and final clean areas in the manufacturing laboratory. I was responsible for the integrity and effectiveness of seven substrate cleaning tools, as well as the cleanliness of chemicals used during processing.Responsibilities and skills obtained: Data collection & analysis, WinSPC, Six Sigma, VBA in Excel, continuous process.

Tutor for Chemical Engineering 140: Introduction to Chemical Process Analysis. Duties include private tutoring, leading problem solving sessions and preparing review sessions.

Working on undergraduate chemistry curriculum development with the College of Chemistry and The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry- Developing alternative biodiesel synthesis methods- Utilizing new instrumentation (GCMS, IR)

Development of biofuel- and inhibitory chemical-secreting membrane pumps in various strains of e. coli.Daily laboratory work included creating and carrying out PCR protocols, organizing and building mutation libraries, and using ApE software (Plasmid editor) to target mutations.

The development of laboratory experiments based on the principles of green chemistry

- Taught children the principles of chemistry and physics- Interacted with guests in technology-based interactive exhibits

Irvine, CA, US

Biomedical engineering and materials science research within the Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Learned current research trends and laboratory techniques in gene therapy, drug delivery, cancer-targeted therapeutics and colloid engineering.