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Hayward, California, United States

• Customer-facing role within the Canopy Multiomic Services team helping to manage spatial service projects.
• Focus on data analysis, data transfer, and presentation of results for spatial transcriptomic and proteomic projects on Nanostring GeoMx DSP and CosMx SMI platforms

Austin, Texas, United States

• Completed PhD in Microbiology Research:
• Dissertation work focused on applying principals of synthetic biology to engineering the relationships between insects and their symbiotic bacteria
• Experienced in the growth and engineering of non-model bacteria
• Developed methods to engineer a newly isolated aphid gut symbiont, re-colonized aphids, assessed colonization dynamics and fitness effects, and induced symbiont gene expression within the aphid gut.
• Experimentally… Show more Completed PhD in Microbiology Research:
• Experimentally assessed the effectiveness of symbiont-expressed proteins and dsRNA to increase aphid mortality and modify aphid gene expression.

• Communication:
• Taught a range of topics at the introductory level for a freshman Honors Genetics course, including: genetics, evolution & ecology, immunology, and developmental biology (plant and animal)
• Prepared material for, and led, weekly hour-long discussion sections to review course material for 15-30 students
• Taught material to small groups/individual students at weekly office hours
• Facilitated discussion-based learning during lecture hours
• Wrote exam… Show more Communication:

• Research:
• Analyzed effects of gene knockout and Oryzalin treatment on root tip growth of Arabidopsis thaliana and the interaction of that process with with endoplasmic reticulum function and localization
• Imaged samples with confocal and brightfield microscopy
• Analyzed images with ImageJ softwareCommunication:
• Created a poster for and presented research at the Student Research Week poster session
• Wrote an undergraduate thesis

• Research:
• Experimentally tested the effects of different media conditions on the growth and adaptations of evolved yeast strains
• Learned and applied methods for molecular cloning for an experiment to determine factors associated with antibiotic resistance
• Analyzed qualitative growth rate data using MatLab and Microsoft ExcelCommunication:
• Presented research to a small group in lab meetings
• Created a poster for and presented research at the Summer Undergraduate… Show more Research:

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Microbiology, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology

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High School Diploma

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