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San Diego, CA, US

University Of California Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Assisting Dr. Kirk with research on tardigrade locomotion and how the nervous system responds to harsh environments.
• Creating polyacrylamide gels to capture tardigrade movement on video and provide to deep lab cut to track their steps.
• Developing Python scripts to calculate the center of mass for walking tardigrades and analyze limb shifts during movement.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Responsible for implementing a new reservation software platform and transitioning data to the new platform.
• Produce the income statement and budget for the Family Vacation Center comparing current year to prior year results.
• Develop and design updates to the social media website and collaborate with IT to implement the new site.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Coordinated guest relations for a 34-room on campus hotel with over 1,500 clients throughout the summer.
• Generated booking and reservations, managed all guest payments, and facilitated refunds processing.
• Supervised a team of four and responsible for employee orientation, training, scheduling, and disciplinary actions.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Guest relations for a 34-room on campus hotel with over 1,500 clients throughout the summer.
• Completed booking and reservations, managed guest payments, and refunds processing.

San Diego, California, United States

• Worked under Andrew Su, Ph.D. and Lisa Racki, Ph.D. on a bacteria mining project to compare viruses and bacteriophages for medical research.
• Utilized Ubuntu and Python programs to examine protein sequences of phages and salmonella bacteria.
• Used BLAST and Hmmer to conduct multiple alignments of MVaT sequences and compare them to phage databases.
• Researched and analyzed sequences and phages and presented progress to Dr. Su on a weekly basis.
• Developed both PowerPoint and poster presentations summarizing the summer’s outcomes, presented the final poster to doctors and fellow interns at Scripps Research Institute.

San Diego, California, United States

• Taught and tutored students using the Mathnasium Method™, terminology, and teaching practices.
• Collaborated with the Mathnasium director to develop individualized in-person and video conferencing instruction.
• Led team of 4 math instructors for online instruction of K-12 students utilizing Mathnasium digital education processes.