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Atlanta, GA, US

Roy Laboratory, Coulter Department Of Biomedical Engineering

Developing scalable, feeder-free Natural Killer (NK) cell manufacturing processes

Seattle, WA

- Elected to serve as the official spokesperson of over 40,000 graduate and undergraduate students in shared governance with faculty, University administration, the Board of Regents, and community and legislative stakeholders - Directly managed the ASUW Board of Directors, delegating tasks related to organizing programming, communicating with faculty.

Greater Seattle Area

- Guided the strategic financial decisions to serve the UW community at all 6 University Bookstore locations in collaboration with Bookstore Executive Officers and University of Washington students, faculty, and staff- Chaired the Customer Outreach Committee and serves on the Audit and Finance Committee to make programmatic and fiduciary decisions, as well.

Pun Laboratory, Department Of Bioengineering

- Determined glomerular parietal epithelial cell and jurkat cell surface chemistry for modification and active therapeutic targeting - Optimized “aptamer particle display” to develop targeting ligands, characterized and enhanced antibody-polymer conjugation, and determined drug release profiles of polymeric drug carriers for targeted drug delivery.

Laboratory Of Diagnostic Radiology Research, Radiology And Imaging Sciences

- Created a MATLAB program to characterize acoustic spectra of pulsed ultrasound treatment at various intensities and microbubble concentrations - Analyzed the effects of microbubble dosage and ultrasound intensity on endothelial cell activation and cell death in murine and human cell lines

University Of Washington

- Evaluated budget requests to determine allocations of $17.6 million in collections across 17 units - Coordinated and maintained records of committee member liaisonships to SAF-funded units

University Of Washington

- Served as a connection to external diversity-related groups across the University of Washington, including the Joint Commissions Committee of the ASUW, the faculty Diversity Council, and the Friends of the Educational Opportunity Program - Coordinated quarterly intake and applications of new SAB members, served as parliamentarian, and managed internal.

Sacha Laboratory, Oregon National Primate Research Center

- Created a protocol to reprogram macaque fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells using non-viral transfection methods.- Shadowed and assisted various lab members to learn techniques such as qPCR, tissue and blood processing, and bacterial transformation.

Portland, Oregon Area

- Completed revision of Standard Operating Procedures to accurately reflect contemporary working techniques. - Worked in a small group to design a tool cart that would allow machine operators to more efficiently conduct tasks.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering, 3.76

Activities and Societies: Interdisciplinary Honors, Departmental Honors, Washington Space Grant Consortium; Associated Students of the.