-Prepare and revise scopes of works for new and existing clients, as well as interpret and present scientific data to clients through reports, presentations, and meetings.-Support the sales team by interacting with clients via e-mail, teleconferences and national scientific meetings.-Drive business development through LinkedIn posts, webinars and presenting at national conferences. -Assist in onboarding new hires and training individuals in image analysis, scanning immunofluorescent images, data interpretation and report writing.

-Perform digital image analysis using Visiopharm and InForm platforms to provide clients data.-Develop multiplex (2plex to 6plex) immunofluorescence assays to support pre-clinical and clinical projects for retrospective studies.

-Isolated primary human nasal epithelial cells from nasal swabs to conduct gene expression assays to assess genetic disease variants across patient populations.-Participated in establishing a pediatric cohort of exacerbation-prone asthmatics at Children’s Hospital Colorado to determine how environmental factors such as cigarette smoke exposure and viral infections relate to asthma status.-Co-lead in developing a longitudinal pediatric cohort based in Puerto Rico to assess how environmental modifications affect respiratory virus infections in two-day old babies-Optimized various antibodies to study airway progenitors and rare cells from various tissue including nasal, bronchial and tracheal.-Strategized new methods to extract RNA/DNA from 40,000 samples for a nationwide COVID-19 surveillance project (Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2 (HEROS) consortium) granted by the NIAID.

Major: NeuroscienceAdviser : Dr. Donald SakaguchiProposed thesis title: Exploring novel cell transplantation strategies using polymeric scaffolds in a zebrafish modelProject 1: Characterizing differentiation of stem cells on microfibers• Collaborative project with mechanical engineers at Iowa State University.• Performed immunocytochemistry to assess differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes on 3-D surfaces vs. 2-D planar controls.• Quantitative image analysis using ImageJ .Project 2: Encapsulation and recovery of adult neural stem cells from alginate-based hydrogels• Collaborative project with mechanical engineers at Iowa State University.• Used a novel technique to encapsulate neural stem cells into hydrogels that can be depolymerized to recover cells.• Compared differentiation of encapsulated stem cells vs. non-encapsulated stem cells to better understand the effects of a 3-D environment on stem cell fate.Project 3: Using zebrafish as model to screen biomaterials for therapeutic strategies• Developed a reproducible and efficient protocol to dissociate zebrafish brains to culture neurons in vitro• Optimized high content screening assays to characterize zebrafish brain dissociated cells and perform time-lapse imaging to study migration using Metamorph software image analysis platform• Seeded cells on various biomaterials, implanted cell-seeded scaffolds into zebrafish and studied neural regeneration of zebrafish post implantation by cryo-sectioning tissue and performing immunohistochemistry experiments.

-Provided research managers of the company with intuitive feedback on project results and provided insight on how to improve accurate data collection-Executed correct data collection protocols for various projects to ensure accuracy so client is presented with quality information

-Volunteered in the pediatrics, Obstetrics, & Invasive Vascular Departments to assist in patient care.-Dedicated time organizing nurses stations, maintaining stocked rooms and prioritizing activities, ultimately increasing department efficiency in areas such as Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Invasive Vascular Services and OB/GYN-Ensured patient comfort by conducting nightly rounds and collaborating with other volunteers to complete designated tasks them efficiently

-Designed an experiment to understand the effects of disfluencies on attention and authored a research paper for a Senior Thesis-Performed electroencephalography (EEG) on participants to collect event-related potentials for data analysis using SPSS software-Supervised three undergraduate students during various shifts and assisted with technical issues that may have developed during experiments