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Buena Park, CA, US

St. Paul, MN, US

Cypress, California, US

• Reported project progress through technical updates, project briefs, project summaries to be presented to clients.
• Met and exceeded customer requirements and effectively communicated test results and shelf-life data to customers and ingredient suppliers.
• Designed and organized shelf-life testing (real-time & accelerated) to determine the duration of the product’s effectiveness for customer use.
• Provided customers guidance in microbial specifications for food products used in the supplier monitoring program.
• Experienced analyzing organoleptic properties (taste, order, texture, appearance), microbial spoilage, and chemical changes to the product during storage, and developed actionable recommendations.
• Analyzed lab and sales data (purchasing patterns, turns, number of accounts, SKU performance, etc.) and report back to the team within an agreed-upon timeline.

Cypress, California, US

• Ran routine microbiological analyses.
• Performed pathogen screening: Salmonella, Listeria spp., Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7, STEC (Shiga Toxigenic E. coli), Campylobacter, etc.
• qPCR, ELFA, Lateral Flow (VIP), and other recognized methods.
• Prepare chemical solutions, reagents, and specimens for microscopic examination; perform laboratory tests; analyze and report findings; and investigate atypical results and discrepancies to determine causation.
• Gathered and reported lab safety and quality issues, corrective actions, and preventive measure on a monthly bases.
• Supervised and managed training and professional development of diagnostic staff. Provided training to new staff on process control, SOP, and other food safety and quality requirements.

• Clinical laboratory experience: Preparation of biological specimens for analysis after surgery.
• Performed pre-analytical phase of testing by bar coding, centrifuging, separating, logging, culturing & staining of bacteriological specimens.
• Plated and analyzed bacteria cultures from patients to record (MRSA, Wound, Urine, etc.)

Irvine, CA, US

• Virus research: Herpes simplex virus. The goal was to understand the molecular mechanisms of herpes simplex virus type 1(HSV-1) latency and pathogenesis in association with the LAT gene.
• Assisted with mutant viruses to understand its molecular mechanisms.
• Carried out detergent lysis and genomic DNA extraction from large scale batches of E.coli competent cells.
• Reported to lab director with responsibility for managing and sustaining cells and viruses.

Master Of Science - Ms, Food Science

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Molecular Biology