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Vista, California, United States

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Consulted on over 15 research projects (bio-design, molecular biology, and electronics) with partners and individuals, leading to securing a grant and a semifinal placement in a design competition, along with.
• Prepared and assisted in the teaching of molecular biology techniques (pipetting, PCR, plasmid cloning, DNA extraction, electrophoresis, aseptic technique) to over 100 class participants and lab members.
• Managed inventory, maintenance, purchasing, and freight delivery of lab reagents, consumables, and lab equipment.
• Successfully expanded lab membership by 80%, implementing outreach and value adding programing.
• Trained all new lab members in chemical and lab safety.
• Hosted over 15 events and delivered talks at city-wide events, resulting in new members and resource donations.

• Taught fundamental biochemistry techniques in separation, purification and quantification of biomolecules to over 40 undergraduate students.
• Developed introductory bioinformatic modules using PDB and NCBI tools and incorporated Fold.It protein folding software.
• Performed FTIR spectrophotometer measurements for student samples analysis.
• Calibrated and serviced, Uv-Vis spectrophotometers, pH electrodes and balances.
• Prepared analytical grade reagents and supervised over 20 undergraduate students in various chemistry lab courses.
• Managed chemical waste and fire safety for all the teaching labs on a given floor without incident.

Brooklyn, NY

• Authored research on Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) optical bio-sensors for new coulometric applications to measure the surface charge of individual particles to that of 10% of accepted values.
• Developed a technique for a stabilized optical sensor for dynamic microfluidic environment capable of single nanoparticle detection
• Performed image and video analysis of nanoparticle speed and trajectories for energy calculations of the sensor.
• Processed GB of data using Matlab and Origin software for the capture single particle analysis.
• Designed and fabricated in-house equipment for microscopic imaging
• Designed optical circuits for particle trapping and latitudinal manipulation.

Los Angeles, California

• Characterized amylogenic-metal protein’s redox chemistries with UV-Vis, fluorescence, LC/MS for Alzheimer’s pathology
• Performed trace metal analysis of biological buffers using a graphite furnace atomic absorption instrument
• Operated an atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the imaging and characterization of biologicals (proteins, spores) and solar cells.
• Explored simultaneous electrochemical/topological duals imaging using an AFM/electrochemistry probe
• Cultured and germinated Aspergillus spores to test examine their changing mechanical properties of the membrane
• Collaborated on a design of an AFM/electrochemical probe for an Asylum AFM instrument

Greater San Diego Area

• Cultured multi-liter batches of Mycobacterium strains for the extraction of natural anti-tuberculosis compounds
• Developed the methods for the isolation of natural products using liquid-liquid extractions and normal/reverse phase HPLC
• Purified and identified natural products via NMR and GC/MS
• Resolved an anti-mycobacterial compound in an unknown marine bacterium

San Marcos, CA

• Sputtered gold and silver thin film samples
• Analyzed the nano-topographical images of oxides via scanning tunneling microscope (STM)
• Electrical measurements of samples

Material Chemistry

Master Of Science - Ms, Biochemistry

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry

With a minor in Spanish

Education record