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Madison, Wi, Us

Buford, Georgia, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Director of research and development for the Americas, including fermentation, new product development, novel applications, foods, and beverages.Managed analytical chemistry, fermentation, and U.S. clinicals as well as R&D project management, directly reporting to the V.P. of Science and TechnologyContributed to the formulation, prototyping, and launch of new Deerland products as well as the adaptation of Deerland ingredients to customer formulas, plants, and processes directly leading to over $30 million of sales annuallyGRAS testing, stability, clinical safety, dosage forms, and novel applications for spore probiotics, enzymes, and bacteriophagesInitiated and coordinated strategic partnerships with AOAC, NSF, university partners, faculty researchers, third party labs, and other life sciences companiesDeveloped, optimized, and validated new assays for QC testing of botanicals, probiotics, and enzymes

Kennesaw, Georgia, Us

Director of U.S. research and development, including fermentation, new product development, novel applications, foods, and beverages.

Kennesaw, Georgia, Us

Managed the analytical chemistry group at Deerland Probiotics and Enzymes which performs all the scientific services for new product development, assay development and validation, and customer requests.Oversaw the successful completion of over 100 analytical chemistry projects ranging from short term prototype testing to multi-armed in vitro digestion studiesBrought in over $70,000 of additional R&D funding through collaborative partnerships with other companies.

Kennesaw, Georgia, Us

Completed customer and R&D projects around spore probiotics, prebiotic phages, supplemental enzymes, and novel food applicationsDesigned and validated strain specific primers for our flagship B. subtilis DE111 strainDeveloped an in-house in vitro digestion model based on the INFOGEST 2.0 model

Huntsville, Al, Us

Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch of the CDCWorking on CryptoNet, a molecular surveillance network for Cryptosporidium in the U.S.Performed outbreak and sporadic specimen testing for Cryptosporidium for CryptoNet using nested PCR, RFLP, sanger sequencing and qPCR methodsInitiated optimization and performed limit of detection testing for Cryptosporidium PCR typing assays for both stool samples and water samplesDeveloped and wrote SOPs for Giardia culturingMaintained laboratory records and managed the laboratory quality management systemAnalyzed and presented data from all CryptoNet cases in 2018 to both internal leadership and external partnersCoordinated with state laboratories and epidemiologists to analyze and disseminate results as well as aid with case investigations of Cryptosporidiosis

Rochester, Ny, Us

Graduate Research Assistant for the Maquat Lab at the University of Rochester, investigating the function of a newly identified CBP80-binding proteinObtained over $150,000 of funding through an NIH T32 Training Grant, UR Ventures Technology Development Fund, and a Wilmot Cancer Center Grant“Transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α contains a novel CBP80-binding motif that orchestrates efficient target gene expression” (Cho et al. Genes and Development 2018)

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

PCR amplification and cloning of DNA associated with geminiviruses in an Arabidopsis system

Cultured mesenchymal stem cells in a custom designed bioreactor to stimulate wound healing across a joint

Master'S Degree, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology