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• As the statistical lead for GRAIL’s Operations org, led a high-impact team of Data Scientists collaborating closely with process owners to provide essential statistical support and ensure robust analytical methods in.
• Lead root cause analyses to investigate adverse trends affecting critical clinical lab metrics, as well as anomalous patient sample results for GRAIL’s multi-cancer assay.
• Provided statistical expertise for process and software validation and verification continuous improvement initiatives.
• Executed impact assessments for quality management activities.
• Authored and reviewed key Quality Management System (QMS) documents.
• Maintained compliance with ISO 13485 standards by adhering to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) procedures.

Santa Cruz

• Developed R code to solve and characterize equilibria of evolutionary game theory models (systems of ODEs), simulated 1 million games of 2-5 competitors, and statistically assessed the mathematical and ecological.
• Utilized published data fit linear and nonlinear models to describe the mechanisms of plastic developmental morph determination in tadpoles using evolutionary game theory, and modeled landscape-level changes in pond.
• Measured thermal physiological properties of tropical New World lizards and assessed habitat suitability using under past and future climate scenarios using biomod2.
• Designed experiments for hypothesis testing, performed statistical analyses in R (basic statistics, logistic, linear and non-linear models, ODEs), developed custom R functions, analyzed large datasets using.
• Lead collaborations with researchers both locally and internationally to conduct field work in five countries and directed research projects.
• Presented research at 2017 11th Latin American Congress of Herpetology.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

• Developed lesson plan in understanding scientific literature utilized in introductory biology course.
• Taught 14 quarters of supplementary lectures and labs in introductory and upper division biology courses, in person and online.

San Francisco

• Used qPCR to detect fungal pathogen on museum and field salamander specimens, assessed abiotic factors related to disease presence and prevalence using GLMM.
• Presented research at 2013 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology conference and 2014 American Society of Naturalists conference.

Milpitas, CA

• Performed high throughput mammalian cell culture, HTRF antibody screening, and qPCR in a sterile clean room environment using large, integrated robotic systems.
• Developed and optimized new protocols for automated systems. Wrote SOPs for protocols on new automated systems.
• Trained other Research assistant-level employees in automation system operation, troubleshooting, and regular maintenance.

Ph.D., Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Thesis title: Variation and Extinction: Models for Alternative Strategies and Climate Certificates earned: Diversity & Inclusion.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biology

Bs, Biology