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Cary, Nc

• Experience with Fortune 500 and startup companies, contract manufacturers, international partners.• Technical lead to transfer of a novel immunoassay technology to third party licensee and multiple development partners for commercialization.• Identified and evaluated potential development partners.• Compiled competitive landscape analysis and market entry strategy.• Led experimental work to evaluate antibody and media compatibility with novel technology.• Led technical team through R&D and product development (process and cost optimization, supplier selection and qualification, technical support for regulatory submissions) of a point-of-care, finger-prick, enzyme assay to be deployed in developing countries where treatment depends on enzyme functionality.

Research Triangle Park, Nc

• Led assay development team in developing multiple applications of BD’s novel immunoassay technology. Trained internal and external partners in novel technology.• Provided technical support for voice-of-customer, market survey questionnaire and focus group development. • Analyzed new technologies for feasibility, fit and competitive advantage.• Technical areas of expertise include bacteria, virus and parasite detection, ELISA and lateral flow assay development, blood culture, food pathogen and allergen detection, nanotechnology, Raman spectroscopy.

Durham, Nc

• Synthesized and characterized a novel, tunable coating system that can tether drugs, growth factors, cells, etc. to surfaces.• Developed and screened phage display library to find biomaterial binding motifs.

Ph.D., Chemistry

Dissertation Title: “Biomolecule-Surface Interactions on Calcium Carbonate and Stoichiometrically Similar Electronic, Optical.

B.S., Chemistry

Honor Thesis Title: “Semi-Classical and Quantum Calculations of Electronic Energies of Single-Electron Diatomic Molecules.” Graduated.