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Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Helped launch internal biopolymer research group based on success of customer project.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Contributor to, then scientific lead of, customer project to engineer non-model bacterium to produce a non-native biopolymer. Started with strain selection and methods development and achieved grams-per-liter production in under 2 years.

Medford, Massachusetts, United States

Critical contributor to biosensor-based enzyme engineering project that doubled activity of a plant-derived p450 enzyme in yeast.

Stanford, CA

Advisor: Jan Skotheim- Optimized single-cell time-lapse microscopy methods to uncover physiological effects of intramolecular priming in multi-site phosphorylation of a key cell-cycle and cell-size regulator in budding yeast- Mentored a visiting Master's student using single-molecule microscopy to measure mRNA levels in single cells

Stanford, CA

Advisor: Jan Skotheim- Conceived and implemented multiple projects examining cell-cycle and cell-size control in budding yeast.- Optimized and applied diverse methods (including single-cell time-lapse microscopy, Phos-Tag SDS-PAGE time-courses, and in vitro kinase assays) to investigate the functions of specific cell-cycle regulators in vivo and in vitro..

Stanford, CA

Core Molecular Biology Laboratory (BIO 44X) - Trained students in laboratory techniques; graded and commented on pre- and post-lab assignments; held weekly office hours; advised students on poster preparation and presentation

San Leandro, CA

- Advised on animal-free gelatin production methods

Tartu, Estonia

Hosting advisor: Mart Loog- Trained in and developed methods for expression and purification of active kinase complexes from yeast.- Reduced background activity in in vitro kinase assays

Stanford, CA

Cellular Dynamics II: Building a Cell (BIO 129B) - Graded and gave detailed comments on student critiques of assigned research papers; led student discussion section on assigned papers; presented lecture summarizing common laboratory techniques; graded exams

Princeton, NJ

Advisor: Zemer Gitai- Characterized a novel protein complex responsible for polar localization of motility structures in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology

Dissertation project: Dissecting mechanisms of site-specific phosphorylation of a key cell cycle inhibitor and investigating their.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Molecular Biology, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Triangle Club, TigertonesSenior thesis project: Characterization of a protein complex controlling polar.