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Frederick, Maryland, United States

Associate director responsible for managing a flow cytometry group, internal and external client relationships, managing projects and resources to meet deliverable deadlines, budgeting and billing, adherence to regulatory guidelines, and forecasting revenue.

Frederick, Maryland

Senior Scientist in Research Group performing flow cytometric assays and FACS sorting- responsible for operation and maintenance of flow cytometers and FACS machines (BD Fortessas, BD Fusion, BD Canto IVD, and BD Symphony). Developed and validated a wide variety of assays for use in clinical trials: phosphoflow, intracellular cytokine and intranuclear.

Flow Cytometry Scientist- operation and maintenance of BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 flow cytometers (BD FACS AriaII, BD FACS CantoII, BD LSRII, BD FACS Verse, Partec CyFlow Space with sorter, BD FACS Verse, and Beckman Coulter Gallios instruments), development and execution of various flow-based assays to evaluate the immunogenicity and immune related.

Research Specialist in Immunology and assay development group- duties including: Department Study Director, running and coordinating the testing of all phase I and II clinical trial specimens according to GLP regulations, assisting in budgets and timeline planning, running and managing the quantification of BCG with a novel flow-based assay, developing/.

Research Associate in Immunology and Assay development group, duties including: developing and performing intracellular staining assays for both animal (non-human primate, pig, and mouse) and human assays, optimizing and performing custom MHC class 1 tetramer assay for antigen specific cells, ELISA assays, PBMC isolation from whole blood (non-human.

Research Assistant in tuberculosis drug development research planning and executing various experiments including: Minimal inhibitory concentration (MICs), assisting in mircoarrays, determining synergistic interactions between compounds, spectrum of activity, Mycobacterial RNA isolation, time-to-kill, minimal bactericidal concentration, cell toxicity.

Research Assistant in the department of Psychiatry assisting with NIH, NIMH funded grants– provided research support for the following National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health awards:“Physicians’ Decisions for the Depressed Medically Ill” - Steven A. Epstein, M.D., Principal Investigator.“Interpersonal Group Therapy for PTSD in.

M.S. Immunology

M.S., Biotechnology

B.S., Biology/ Psychology