Gregory Howard Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Baltimore, Maryland Area

PhD Candidate in Dr. Haiquan Mao's Materials Science/Biomedical Engineering Group. ■ Cross-disciplinary researcher working at the intersection of biomedical engineering, materials science, and immunology. Currently leading the materials development of a single-shot vaccine platform for induction of long-term immunity and immune memory for malaria transmission blocking vaccines as a part of an international, multi-institute NIH R01-funded collaboration. ■ Skilled innovator in the development of novel materials for protein- and DNA-based vaccine delivery to a variety of key targets including infectious disease and cancer. Research resulted in two US patents and two first-author publications.■ Experienced researcher, leader, and collaborator as evidenced by eight published peer-reviewed research articles and reviews, and mentorship of eight undergraduates and two master's students in the conduct of research.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

■ Strong leadership and organizational skills as evidenced by management of laboratory's $500,000+ in federal and private research funding and coordination of research activities of 20+ research professionals across two research institutes and university department. ■ Excellent management skills as demonstrated by coordination of lab orders, inventory, state and federal safety/DEA compliance, ACUC animal protocols, and overseeing day-to-day operations and training of undergrad/grad trainees as needed for smooth operation of a large university laboratory. ■ Strong writing skills gained by drafting and editing of NIH and private grants, resulting in awarding of two R21's ($250,000) and multiple private industry grants.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

■ Strong communicator and teacher as shown by development and instruction of an introductory Immunoengineering course for Johns Hopkins University undergraduates that primarily emphasized engineering principles and applications in immunology and secondarily taught methods of effective science communication. ■ Facilitated undergraduate research by pairing many (10+) undergraduate students to biomedical engineering research labs throughout the course, thereby increasing undergraduate research involvement at Johns Hopkins University.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Intellectual Property and Marketing Fellow: ■ Coordinate with patent counsels and patent agents in collecting prior art for patent filings and patent litigation■ Collect prior art from patent application and internal patentability, commercialization, and market analysis reports ■ Compose market analyses for proposed inventions based on academic landscape, related market data, technology landscape, and value proposition in order to recommend a strategy for commercialization.■ Learned about patent law and other aspects of protecting inventors and JHU technologies.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

■ Liaison to BRAINBox client for the 2019 Fall JHGCC Case Competition and worked with client to develop a case competition packet over 5 months.■ Recruited judges for Case Competition from prominent consulting firms.

Bethesda, Maryland

Graduate researcher in both the Dr. Nancy Sullivan virology/immunology group at the NIH Vaccine Research Group (VRC) and the Dr. Benjamin Davis chemistry group at the University of Oxford, UK.■ Investigated role of glycosylations on ebola virus (EBOV) surface glycoprotein and their role in EBOV infectivity and replication.■ Coordinated an international collaboration between NIH and University of Oxford as a student of the NIH OxCam Scholar program

Akron, Ohio

■ Tutored students 1-1 in the subjects of Calculus I - III, Physics I and II, Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, and other core engineering classes.

Akron, Oh

Undergraduate research assistant in the Prof. Yang H. Yun biomaterials lab.■ Researched DNA-LPEI (Linear PEI) condensate morphologies and their corresponding transfection efficiencies with Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDF). The goal of the project was to investigate the relationship of nuclear entry with the structural morphologies and the dimensions of DNA complexes to create a more efficient delivery system than viral vectors for gene therapy. ■ Researched soluble VegFR2 receptors and investigated VegFR2 plasmid transfection methods on HDF for treatment of preeclampsia.

Akron, Oh

■ Assisted in developing, creating and maintaining a community atmosphere in the Honors Residence Hall (2 years) and South Residence Hall (1 year). ■ Created and faciliated floor-, residence hall-, and school wide-programs for undergraduate students.■ Served as a role model, mentor, friend, and university policy enforcer for students living on campus.

Akron, Oh

■ Represented >5,000 first year and honors college students on The University of Akron campus. ■ Worked with the university’s administration, student organizations and groups to draft and submit legislation to help resolve safety concerns and other needs of the 20,000 student body.■ Chaired the Student Outreach Committee that represented various colleges and student groups over a six-month period during. ■ Designed and implemented programs and social media outreach to helped undergraduate students get involved in student organizations.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

■ Collaborated with a team of researchers in the screening of lead antibody-based drug candidates for wet AMD, ischemia-repurfusion injury, surgical adhesions, and other complications. ■ Purified antibodies received from contractor companies for use in non-GLP laboratories.■ Wrote SOP's, compiled reports, and analyzed data sets gathered from proprietary assays developed for above clinical applications.

Lerner Research Institute

Conduct research in the Dr. Anand Ramamurthi Matrix and Cardiovascular Laboratory in the Lerner Research Institute. Current projects aim at the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms using PLGA-based nanoparticles and magnetic localization.

Bethesda, Md

Conducted research in the NIBIB Laboratory For Molecular Imaging & Nanomedicine (LOMIN) under Dr. Xiaoyuan Shawn Chen and Dr. Ki Young Choi.■ Investigated formulations of modified-hyaluronan nanoparticles for the co-delivery of small molecule drugs and RNAs for cancer therapeutics. ■ Conducted research for 40+ hrs/week with post-doctoral students and other NIH professional staff. ■ Research published in ACS Nano.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

■ Researched interactions between metastatic (MDA-MB-231), non-metastatic (MCF-7) breast cancer cell lines and platelets in an in vitro setting. ■ Used insights from this research to design platelet-mimetic constructs for a novel drug delivery system. ■ Designed and developed an image analysis program in MATLAB to measure relative receptor expression on cancer cells and binding of particles on various substrates. ■ Conducted researched for 40+ hrs/week in conjunction with fellow REU students, graduate students and faculty members of Case Western Reserve University. ■ Research resulted in two peer-reviewed publications.■ Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Sciences

Research of Zaire Ebolavirus glycoproteins and therapeutic antibodies glycoforms, and their impact on the ability of the humoral immunity.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biomedical Engineering, 3.95/4.00

Activities and Societies: Phi Delta Theta (Ohio Epsilon), Undergraduate Research, Undergraduate Student GovernmentMinors in Chemistry.