Alexandra Rolfness Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

• Driving innovation at an early-stage biotech startup by developing a cutting-edge web application that leverages LLMs and NLP to enhance lab automation tools making them more accessible and user-friendly.Key.
• Spearheading the design and implementation of the company's primary web application
• Collaborating with end-users to inform MVP design and functionality
• Providing domain expertise in biology and lab automation to guide product development
• Making key design decisions in collaboration with C-level executives

Teaching assistant for discrete mathematics course. Responsible for grading and holding 6 hours of office hours a week in addition to weekly grading.

Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States

• Validation of bio panned peptides for specific siRNA delivery and internalization into NSCLC lines
• Flow Cytometry, Confocal Microscopy, Octet Biolayer Interofermetery, RNA Isolation, and qPCR

New York, United States

• Automation on an OpenTrons liquid handling system programmed with python:
• Created, tested, and optimized a workflow for identity verification with a Juno Fluidigm microfluidic assay
• Designed a 384 well qPCR method with an interactive setup dialog to allow for flexible layouts
• Introduction to operating and automating procedures using Hamilton and Lynx liquid handling systems
• Programmed a simple visual tool to streamline LN2 cold storage organization
• Tested new antibody marker for remnant Sendai Virus vector in monoclonal hiPSCs; assisted in proposing, troubleshooting, and implementing a screening and FACs sorting step to the existing production pipeline that will.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

K-12 Math providing individualized instruction. Designed robotics summer camp for students.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Intern for Dr. Fortunato in the Arizona Cancer and Evolution Center under Dr. Carlo Maley. Worked in a team of two studying Mnemiopsis leidyi as a model organism to understand cancer in an evolutionary context by researching basal metazoans and early examples of multicellularity following exposure to mutagens and irradiation.

Lansing, Michigan

Under the direction of Dr. Chad Niederhuth in a plant epigenetics lab, studyied commercially relevant somatic mutations called Witch’s Broom sport buds in the genome of grapevine plants. Conducted experimental analyses through DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis to find transposable element insertions. Optimized for samples with a high degree of.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

The Regional Vice Presidents shall serve Arizona HOSA members in their region in any capacity as directed by the President and shall assume the duties of the President in his/her absence.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

The Historian/Reporter shall keep records and other materials for the officer team throughout the year. They shall also be in charge of publication, correspondence, and public relations on social media for the organization. The Historian/Reporter shall also serve in any other capacity as directed by the President.

Tempe, Arizona

Arizona State University SCience and ENgineering Experience (SCENE) Internship in the Phelan Laboratory researching ultrasonic transducers and their application in desorption coolers.

Computer Science, Senior

High School Diploma, Crest Bioscience, Graduation Date: 01/2020 | Gpa: Weighted Gpa 4.76, Unweighted Gpa 4.00

Education record

Part time enrollment taking undergraduate level mathematics courses not offered at the high school level.