- Managed team to drive development of an automated RNA extraction method from plasma samples and refine an early development sample-to-answer PCR-based molecular diagnostic- Liaised with legal department to assess project considerations- Led assay streamlining, market expansion project involving assay design, software development, and assay validation

Developed novel automated workflow for RNA extraction from plasma samples, involving chemical formulation, adaptation for automation, and software design. Coordinated with a team to optimize assay design for an early development PCR-based molecular diagnostic.

Developed novel genomic methodologies and unique global sequencing approaches to investigate the RNA regulation in cell models of neurodegeneration, immunology, HIV and HCV, resulting in four publications, an Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS Postdoctoral Fellowship, two grants totaling over $100,000 in awards, and five presentations at international meetings, including an award for best poster at EMBO RNA Turnover Meeting in 2013. This period included collaborations with… Show more Developed novel genomic methodologies and unique global sequencing approaches to investigate the RNA regulation in cell models of neurodegeneration, immunology, HIV and HCV, resulting in four publications, an Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS Postdoctoral Fellowship, two grants totaling over $100,000 in awards, and five presentations at international meetings, including an award for best poster at EMBO RNA Turnover Meeting in 2013. This period included collaborations with multiple laboratories at Duke and other universities, as well as managing the development of four rotation students and two undergraduate students. Show less

Pursued cutting edge technology to investigate the cellular effects of genetic forms of Parkinson's disease, focusing on the role of protein DJ-1 in RNA regulation of the anti-oxidant response, in laboratories at both the NIH (in the section of John Hardy and later Andrew Singleton under the advisement of Mark Cookson) and Karolinska Institutet (in the lab of Lars Olson).