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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Development of epigenomic and transcriptomic approaches to forensic applications. Product development to align on-market product offerings with International Society for Forensic Genomics recommendations.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Launched the first direct to consumer clinical laboratory test for non-invasive prenatal testing. Built out a high throughput laboratory space and on-boarded a team to execute on research and development priorities. Managed planning and execution of analytical and clinical validation for four product launches. Coordinated clinical studies, including patient recruitment, data generation, curation, and reporting. Managed intellectual property filings and portfolio ranging from clinical applications and molecular biology to engineering and data science.Developed FDA listed blood collection and plasma separation device, inclusive of early research and development, design control, manufacturing, regulatory documentation, and supply chain management.Drafted high-throughput liquid handling automation for all laboratory processes. Coordinated assay development, troubleshooting, and version control. Tested and validated alternative technology platforms. Executed and published fundamental research concerning release and clearance mechanisms of cell-free DNA.

San Diego, California, Us

Management of laboratory personnel, production benchmarks, and research objectives. Budgeting, hiring, and capital acquisition to expand technical capabilities, scale capacity, and test novel opportunities in NGS diagnostic space. Definition of research objectives and timelines.

San Diego, California, Us

Development and optimization of novel biochemistry and and analytics for epigenetic profiling with a focus on improving human health. Implementation of custom automation and LIMS architecture for highly scalable NGS epigenetic screening.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Managed team of lab personnel. Evaluated diverse strategies for liquid biopsy product development. Worked with KOLs for evaluation of novel strategy for copy number variant evaluation using NGS data.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Managed team of lab personnel. Developed novel genomic enrichment and unique molecular identification biochemistries. Integrated molecular and bioinformatic approaches to rare variant detection, genome instability, and copy number alteration detection. Evaluated alternative classifier algorithms in multivariate space. Managed parallel projects from conception through execution and reported to senior leadership.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Introduced and successfully implemented complex DOE experiment and analysis strategies for streamlined optimization of highly multiplexed PCR. Wrote and tested liquid handling robotics programs. Designed ligation-mediated probe and molecular inversion probe assays.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Operated Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq and LifeTechnologies SOLiD 5500W, IonProton, and Ion PGM systems. Developed application-specific sequencing library preparation biochemistries. Designed and implemented novel genotype-phenotype mapping analysis for estimating impact of uncharacterized focal amplifications and microdeletions.

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Design of quantitative genetic and genomic solutions for variant screening in non-model taxa. Managed group propagating laboratory animal cultures.

La Jolla, Ca, Us

Adapted enzyme and transcription assays to micro scale tissue samples. Evaluated interaction of somatic and regulatory variants in nuclear-mitochondrial epistasis. Developed flexible molecular assays to (1) measure physiological performance in organellar microfractions, (2) identify sources of marine fish tissues, and (3) environmental nucleic acid detection and community sampling using fluid-array platforms.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Marine Biology

Bachelor’S Degree, Botany/Plant Biology