Christopher Nehme Email & Phone Number

Woburn, MA, US

Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

• System integration lead in the development of new multiomics platforms, analytical instruments and reagent kits.
• Coordinating an international cross-disciplinary team (engineers, molecular chemists, data analysts) to test new prototype systems combining state of the art optics, microfluidics, reagents and consumables to drive.
• Primary author of top level instrument Design Input documentation and general ownership of DHF activities to ensure timely reviews and releases aligned with development stage-gate schedules.
• Safety risk manager for all aspects of platform development (instruments, kits, consumables) ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Laser Safety Officer (LSO) for the Miltenyi Biotec Waltham site, overseeing the safe usage of Class 3B and Class 4 laser systems.

Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Venlo, Limburg, NL

• Key technical member in the development of QIAGEN's Sample-to-Insight workflow for next generation sequencing (NGS)
• Root caused, solved and mitigated numerous technical issues related to optical, fluidic, software and electro-mechanical aspects of QIAGEN’s sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) platform via in-depth analysis of NGS data and.
• Successfully coordinated the activities, experimental plans and reporting to senior management of a technical task force, resulting in late-stage adoption of a new focusing technology for sequencing signal detection
• Led and managed multiple series of technical and operational meetings with internal and external multidisciplinary teams to define, execute and analyze international multi-site experiment campaigns
• Stabilized the performance of all sequencers (>30) within QIAGEN's NGS Center of Excellence through hands-on engineering support (repairs/PM/IQ/OQ/PQ), configuration management and standardization of instrument status.
• Contributed to risk management (ISO 14971), design reviews, dFMEA, technical due diligence, verification, design history file (DHF), requirements engineering and specifications engineering activities

Medford, Massachusetts, US

• Managed and supervised graduate and undergraduate research projects focused on biomedical device development, robotics and DC motor control
• Lead efforts to implement a dedicated robotics and drone flight research area
• Oversaw and maintained laboratory space and research equipment
• Researched and developed advanced coordinated DC motor control methods for biomedical research

Medford, Massachusetts, US

• Development of a Novel In-Vitro System for the Study of Osteoarthritis in a Mouse Model
• Designed and built electro-mechanical devices to culture and actuate amputated murine stifle joints
• Designed, programmed and validated hardware and software components of direct current motor feedback control systems for position, speed and torque control
• Developed experimental procedures to reduce set-up times from over 24 hours to under 3 hours
• Investigated the effects of flexion-extension cycle profile and rate on cartilage degradation in a mouse model
• Analyzed and scored stifle joint tissues for arthritic damage using histological techniques

Medford, Massachusetts, US

Graduate Acoustics Fall 2016- Managed and supervised student groups during field measurementsGraduate GPS & Graduate Dynamics Spring 2015- Prepared lab activities related to collection and processing of raw GPS dataUndergraduate Dynamics Fall 2015- Organized and taught weekly sessions aimed at addressing homework problems and course materialsUndergraduate.

Boston, MA, US

• Smart Lighting Center
• Designed and prototyped enclosures for LED based sensing and communication devices
• Supervised summertime engineering classes of 20+ high school students as part of outreach efforts

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering