I coach to empower and accelerate my clients' execution while growing their capacity and maximizing their potential. I serve as their thinking partner to support and help them achieve their goals. I also offer workshops on developing leadership competencies and self-confidence (incl. Imposter Syndromes).🔸My Coaching Process:(1) Clarify the vision – both in private and at work.(2) Assess the current situation and develop personalized tools and techniques that support my clients in achieving their goals.(3) Act as an accountability partner to motivate my clients, monitor their progress, and offer non-judgmental feedback, suggestions, and encouragement.🔹I am experienced in coaching people who consider themselves introverts, who struggle with Imposter Syndromes, and who have Renaissance Souls with diverse interests and passions.🔹I maintain strict confidentiality and ethical standards in all coaching relationships.🔹I offer my coaching in English and Japanese.

I lead as a cultural and strategic liaison, bridge gaps and facilitate successful partnerships between Epistimi and our Japanese counterparts.Key Responsibilities:🔸 Strategic Planning: Develop and execute a comprehensive outreach strategy tailored to the Japanese market. This includes identifying target audiences and crafting messaging strategies.🔸 Cultural Proficiency: Navigate cross-cultural interactions with a deep understanding of Japanese culture, customs, and etiquette.🔸 Communication: Oversee all communication efforts with Japanese stakeholders, including drafting and translating documents, emails, and reports. Coordinate and facilitate meetings, conferences, and other events with Japanese participants.🔸 Grant Writing and Research: Identify, research, and apply for grants from foundations, government agencies, and other funding sources. Prepare compelling grant proposals and reports to secure grant funding and meet reporting requirements.🔸 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Mediate and negotiate agreements, contracts, and disputes with Japanese partners.🔸 Budget Management: Develop and manage the budget for Japan outreach initiatives, ensuring cost-effective strategies are implemented to achieve desired outcomes.🔸 Reporting and Analysis: Monitor the effectiveness of outreach efforts by analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) and providing reports and recommendations to Epistimi's leadership.

I am responsible for delivering leadership development programs tailored specifically for early to mid-career women in STEM fields. This role focuses on equipping women with the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to excel in leadership roles within STEM industries.Key Responsibilities:🔸Program Development: Create and design comprehensive leadership development programs.🔸Facilitation: Organize and lead engaging and supportive workshops and webinars.🔸Assessment and Evaluation: Develop tools and methods to assess program effectiveness and gather feedback from participants.🔸Individual Coaching: Provide one-on-one coaching sessions to program participants.🔸Confidentiality: Maintain strict confidentiality for all communications during the program and respect the privacy and sensitivity of the stories shared by each participant.

Responsible for developing the strategic direction of the bi-weekly teleclass program, coordinating with subject matter experts, and ensuring successful execution. Program topics included leading-edge coaching tools, business development skills for coaches, and emerging areas in coaching.Key Responsibilities:🔸Program Strategy: Develop and execute a strategic plan for the teleclass program series, outlining objectives and themes that align with ICFLA's mission and goals.🔸Content Curation: Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to identify relevant and engaging topics for teleclasses. Coordinate with speakers to ensure quality content.🔸Production Management: Ensure that webinars run smoothly and according to plan.🔸Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of teleclass ambassadors and technical support staff, assigning responsibilities and providing guidance as needed.🔸Audience Engagement: Develop strategies to engage and interact with teleclass attendees, including Q&A sessions, polls, and interactive features.🔸Feedback and Evaluation: Conduct post-event evaluations to assess program effectiveness. Use insights to improve future programs.

Responsible for identifying, developing, and nurturing business opportunities, establishing partnerships, and expanding the company's operations in the Southwestern US territory. Delivered ~$6.6M worth of estimated revenue.Key Responsibilities:🔸Lead Generation and Prospecting: Identify potential clients and maintain a robust lead generation process. Initiate contact with prospective clients and partners.🔸Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with clients ranging from researchers, facility directors, accountants, lawyers, and C-level executives. Understand client needs and tailor solutions to meet their requirements through excellent customer service and support.🔸Sales and Revenue Generation: Collaborate with the sales team to drive sales efforts. 🔸Reporting and Analysis: Maintain accurate records of business development activities and results. Prepare and present regular reports to senior management.🔸Compliance and Documentation: Ensure that all agreements, contracts, and partnerships are legally sound and compliant. Maintain proper documentation and records.

Responsible for building and nurturing partnerships with sponsors who share our commitment to empowering women in the fields of life science.Key Responsibilities:🔸Committee Leadership: Co-lead the Sponsorship Committee. Collaborate with the committee members to set clear goals and objectives. Foster a collaborative and inclusive committee environment.🔸Sponsorship Strategy: Develop and execute a sponsorship strategy aligned with the WIB-SoCal's mission and objectives.🔸Relationship Building: Initiate and maintain relationships with sponsors, ensuring their needs and expectations are met. Engage sponsors through regular communication and updates on organization activities. Cultivate long-term partnerships and identify opportunities for mutual growth.🔸Sponsorship Acquisition: Lead efforts to secure financial and in-kind sponsorships for organization events and programs. Prepare compelling sponsorship proposals and presentations. Negotiate sponsorship agreements.🔸Budget Management: Work with the Accounting Manager and Treasurer to ensure accurate financial tracking of sponsorships. Monitor sponsor contributions and expenses.🔸Recognition and Acknowledgment: Coordinate sponsor recognition and acknowledgment at events, on the organization's website, and in promotional materials. Ensure all sponsor benefits are fulfilled.🔸Reporting and Evaluation: Provide regular updates on sponsorship activities to the Board of Directors and organization members. Evaluate the effectiveness of sponsorship initiatives and make recommendations for improvements.

Responsible for: conducting cutting-edge research; teaching, mentoring, and advising; and providing service to the academic and public community to advance the university's mission and nurture the next generation of chemical engineers.🔸Research: Development of materials and devices with tunable functionality using electric-field-based control. We were interested in applying electric-field-based technology to address critical, long-standing challenges in solar fuels and energy storage to enable practical applications of sustainable energy.- In-operando piezoresistive strain sensor for Li-ion battery electrodes. - Microalgal biomass harvesting via nanoparticle-based flocculation.- Glass-nanopipette-based electroosmotic pumping for microalgae.- Nanopipette arrays fabrication using nanopore-membrane templates, atomic layer deposition (ALD), and electrodeposition.- Finite-element modeling of ultrathin nanoporous SiN membrane in microfluidic devices.- Finite-element modeling on the effects of applied voltage on electrodeposited film composition.🔸Teaching: Encouraged critical thinking and application of theoretical concepts to real-world challenges.- Designed and delivered lectures on biosensor technologies to graduate-level biomedical and chemical engineering students. Overall rating (2017): 5.0/5.0.- Designed and delivered an undergraduate course on "Heat and Mass Transfer" to biomedical and chemical engineering students. Overall rating (2017): 4.6/5.0.🔸Service: Activities outside of research and teaching.- Departmental and university committee participation- Student advising and mentoring- Peer Review academic journals and grant applications- Curriculum Development to stay accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)- Admissions process: reviewing applications, conducting interviews, and making admissions decisions.- Outreach and Public Engagement (see Projects section below).- Conference committee/organizer

- Analyzed protein translocation events through nanopores. Collaboratively developed a numerical model that estimates probability of proteins sticking transiently to nanopore surfaces.- Established nanoneedle-array DNA injection platforms for microalgal organisms that decreased operational time for injection to approximately 4% of conventional methods (gene-gun).- Adapted theory on ion-selectivity in conical nanopores to describe rectified electroosmotic flow.- Fabricated conically shaped polymeric (PET) nanopores. Assessed etching processes in ion-tracked membranes. Synthesized vertically protruding arrays of nanoneedles using nanopore membranes.- Examined glucose oxidase surface immobilization techniques and their effects on enzyme activity.- Assisted studies on fabrication of biodegradable nano test tubes and on development of microfluidic nanopore array to capture and release bacteria.

- Initiated and led collaboration with Hitachi Cable Ltd., Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel) and New Castle Univ. (UK) and developed systems for mechanical analysis and in-operando stress-measurement of Li-ion battery electrodes.