Isaac Chang Email & Phone Number

California, United States

California, United States

Ithaca, New York, United States

Overseeing the production of the journal by coordinating with committee leads and seeking resources to support the publication of undergraduate research

Ithaca, New York, United States

Maintained the performance of the editorial team, reported to the editor-in-chief, and made sure operations ran smoothly and efficiently.

Ithaca, New York, United States

Member of the Editorial Board at Cornell Undergraduate Research Journal, Cornell's only scientific journal dedicated to publishing undergraduate research done at Cornell University.

Ithaca, New York, United States

Supervising a group of 8 undergraduates in planning and executing wet lab experiments for engineering the production of ursolic acid in yeast. Creating and facilitating new member education, collaborating with other team leads, and fostering camaraderie among team members. Achieved gold medal classification and was nominated for Best Presentation at the.

Ithaca, New York, United States

Performed wet lab experiments for engineering methylxanthine production in bacteria for 2023 project ENERGEM. Achieved gold medal classification at the 2023 Grand JamboreeWiki: https://2023.igem.wiki/cornell/home

Ithaca, New York, United States

Researching the molecular mechanisms behind antimicrobial resistance in Stenotrophomonas bacteria.

Collaborating with kitchen staff to provide hospital patients with proper nutrition and diets to improve recovery.

Ithaca, New York, United States

Performed molecular cloning and yeast display experiments to elucidate the biological mechanisms behind the negative influences pks-positive E. coli has on colorectal cancer and develop a vaccine against this pathogen.

San Mateo, California, United States

Utilized phage display and phage ELISA to identify antibodies that bind to a bispecific T-cell engager engineered to enable safer and more efficacious treatments through the use of a small molecule activator that grants it switchable properties.

Berkeley, CA

Collaborated on layout designs and creating templates for journal articles. Polished website for a better user experience.

Berkeley, California, United States

Elucidated the biological mechanisms behind magnetosome assembly through molecular cloning and microscopy.

Berkeley, California, United States

Advised a group of five high school students who identified a real-world issue and designed a bioengineering solution over the course of seven weeks. Guided team by teaching literature review and providing feedback on deliverables. The team presented their proposed solution and analysis at the 2022 BioEHSC (BioEngineering High School Competition).

Extracted metagenomic data of bacterial metabolic iac genes via bioinformatics. Contributed to a Python script that used the pandas library for parsing data.

Conducted genome analyses on photoarsenotrophs, bacteria that naturally detoxify arsenic. Investigated metabolic capabilities and environmental diversity of photoarsenotrophs using EBI bioinformatic tools and the JGI IMG/M system. Co-author of published paper in Columbia Junior Science Journal, which is available below in "Publications" section. Presented.

Davis, California, United States

• Studied microbial diversity and microbe-microbe relationships by:
• Isolating and culturing microbes from leaf samples, with one colony selected for species identification
• Performing DNA extraction and running PCR to obtain 16s rRNA sequence
• Creating a consensus sequence through BLAST alignment tool which was entered into RDP (Ribosomal Database Project) for taxonomy identification of microbe
• Conducting confrontation assays to observe interactions among different microbial communities

Bachelor Of Science - Bs

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Microbial Biology

Activities and Societies: Layout Designer, Berkeley Scientific Journal COVID Response Volunteer, University Health Services (UHS)

Very High Honors

Activities and Societies: Pianist, Saratoga High Advanced Jazz Ensemble Vice President, TEDxSaratogaHighSchool Science Bowl Quiz Bowl