- Identify, prepare, and submit grant applications to secure funding to drive company growth and accelerate product development. - Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to refine and scale product offerings to meet the rigorous demands of neuroscience research.- Build relationships with academic, government, and industry partners to drive the integration of established technologies in research settings.- Guide the company’s vision and growth strategy, focusing on innovation, customer satisfaction, and market expansion.

Pégard Laboratory- Develop custom technologies for behavioral neuroscience research groups. - Monitor and maintain laboratory inventory, manage research budget.- Coordinate with vendors and suppliers to purchase laboratory supplies, equipment, and services.- Streamline laboratory productivity by developing organization and purchasing workflows for all projects.- Develop and implement comprehensive protocols for all laboratory processes, ensuring adherence to Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) standards.- Recruit, interview, hire, and train a team of research support staff members.

Pégard Laboratory, Rodriguez Romaguera Laboratory- Assembled holographic light sculpting systems for optogenetic stimulation of neurons in mice.- Developed and surgically implanted Biometric Ocular Photometry technology to measure arousal states in mice.- Lead international market interviews to assess market viability for Biometric Ocular Photometry technology through NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program. Additional: -SLB Travel Award; Poster presentation at 2022 Sculpted Light in the Brain Conference (Boston, MA)-NSF I-Corps; Market research at 2022 Society for Neuroscience Conference (San Diego, CA)

APPL 110 - Introduction to Design and Making-Ran laboratory sessions in UNC BeAM makerspaces: helped students to design and produce project prototypes using wood/metalworking shops, 3D printing, and laser cutting technologies.-Guest lecturer, “APPL110. Introduction to Design and Making” (72 students): Introduction to laser-cutting techniques.-Graded student assignments and contributed to the development of problem sets.

BMME 398 - Biomedical Engineering Design and Manufacturing II- Created a course module focused on the fundamentals of Unity with an enrollment capacity of 10 students per semester.- Led a hands-on laboratory section of 5 students in the application of Unity to develop 3D virtual environments for viewing medical devices designed in CAD.- Instructed a laboratory section of 5 students in basic techniques for CAD modeling, 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC machining, and injection molding.

UNC Applied Biomechanics LaboratoryNIH R21: The Peripheral Motor Repertoire-Collected and processed EMG and 3D Motion Capture data to assess balance techniques of 100+ human subjects -Conducted functional gait and balance assessments-Recruited, screened, and scheduled study participants under specific inclusion criteria-Coauthored “Slowing Down to Preserve Balance in the Presence of Optical Flow Perturbations” for publication in Gait & Posture journalAdditional:-Transformed a 2D virtual hallway into a 3D VR environment with an adjustable error augmentation component-Abrams Scholarship recipient

Michael W. Krzyzewski Human Performance Laboratory (K-Lab) -Collected biomechanical data for injury surveillance and performance optimization of 15+ Duke athletic teams-Authored paper and poster on independently processed team data-Presented findings at the state level of the 2019 NC Science and Engineering Fair and the 2019 UNC Human Movement Science Symposium