● Developing a high-throughput genomic library screen to study enhancer-promoter communication in human cell lines using massively parallel reporter assay (MPRAs), single molecule footprinting (SMF), chromatin-capture (Micro-C, Hi-C).

● Manage organization's database (>700 members) and documents● Respond to member's request and train new board members● Attend and maintain records of INet board's activities and decisions● Design and distribute monthly newsletters

● From conceptions to execution, delivered a successful professional development event & co-organized a webinar.● Brainstormed ideas for INetNYC activities

● Planned and successfully executed 15+ social and professional development events including the annual research symposium.● Enhanced outreach initiatives that led to a 2x increase in CDPA symposium attendees in comparison to preceding years.● Facilitate communication between the executive board and members to meet members' expectations.● Reach out to industry professionals and other organizations to establish event collaborations.● Weekly tracking and sharing appropriate professional development opportunities with members.

● Optimized an ATAC-seq assay and a dedicated bioinformatics analysis pipeline to determine rules that allow a transcription factor to bind canonical or non-canonical sites on the chromosome;● Performed bioinformatics analyses to identify potential regulatory RNAs derived from premature transcription termination events and validated several of them using molecular assays.

● Established and successfully tested a cell-based high-throughput small molecule screen targeting an essential protein in E. coli and related pathogens; ► High-sensitivity and specificity screen will be used to screen >300,000 compound library in <3h.● Designed and performed Next-generation sequencing-based and reporter-based experiments to study the effect of various mutations and antibiotic exposure on global gene expression, ribosome distribution and RNA structure;● Engineered bacterial strains and plasmids to measure changes in RNA, protein levels under different environmental conditions or upon CRISPRi knock-down of essential translation factors; ► Showed that transcription antitermination factors can promote termination in a gene-specific manner; ► Discovered and deciphered the molecular basis of bacterial toxin induction by specific antibiotics; ► Co-authored several manuscripts and presented research findings at international conferences.● Trained undergraduate students and managed their research projects.

● Used molecular genetics techniques and in vitro assays to asses the effects of DNA binding proteins on spurious and regulated transcripts.

● Purified characterized and predicted transcription factors from E. coli and pathogenic bacteria;● Designed gene constructs for further research;● Taught an undergraduate student basic laboratory skills.