•Industry Expert representative for National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Winter 2023•Interviewing stakeholders to develop and build a value proposition and business model canvas •Creating a plan to transition the technology from an initial design to a marketable device by combining knowledge obtained from customer interviews and comprehension of downstream commercialization process.

•Aided Dr. Mia Kelly’s graduate research project in the Dr. Gordon Mitchell lab, Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation, by staining, analyzing, and quantifying immunohistochemistry tissues, maintain detailed lab notebook with project protocols and data, and working as a surgical tech during survival surgery studies in animal models.•Expanded my understanding of neuroplasticity, intermittent hypoxia, circadian rhythms, and neuroanatomy and physiology by going to biweekly lab meetings and journal clubs.•IACUC Certified: Fully certified for Rodent Survival/Non-Survival Surgery, Pain Management of Laboratory Animals, and Post-Procedural Care•Publication: M.N. Kelly, D.N. Smith, M.D. Sunshine, A. Ross, X. Zhang, M.L. Gumz, K.A. Esser, G.S. Mitchell, “Circadian clock genes and respiratory neuroplasticity genes oscillate in the phrenic motor system,” American Journal of Physiology- Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, vol. 318, no. 6, pp. R1058-R1067, Jun. 2020. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00010.2020. [Online].