Enthusiastic scientist with a passion for protein engineering and scuba diving. Published on diverse topics including a GPT of zinc-finger/DNA interactions (Nature Biotech), a mechanism for enhanced intracellular spread of HIV during early-stage infection (Science Immunology), and a successful iPSC therapy for treatment of glioblastoma in mice (Nature Neuroscience). I have learned how to mitigate the inherent variability in a wide swath of molecular assays, specializing in cellular screens of large synthetic libraries in bacteria and yeast (>1e10 and >1e9) using innovative auxotrophic and fluorescent selection schemes. I have >6,000 hours of experience designing/executing multicolor FACS experiments, as well as >1,000 hours operating the AKTA pure system for purification of proteins from bacteria and yeast. Proficient in generating and testing synthetic constructs, biochemical characterization of proteins including non-standard amino acids, NGS analysis, and automation/platform development towards reproducible assay conditions.