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Burlington, MA, US

Characterized viral vector genomes using NGS technologies (Illumina, Nanopore)

San Diego, CA, US

• Development and utilization of analytical methods for characterization of RNA-based drug product candidates from an emerging research pipeline.
• Design and manage drug substance and drug product stability studies in support of research pipeline.

San Diego, California, US

• Developed and executed functional and phenotypic in vitro and in vivo immune assays for developing novel antibody-based therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
• Independent design, planning, and execution of scientific experiments in a fast-paced environment to advance hypothesis-driven science and technology development.

University Park, PA, US

• Biochemistry, Microbiology & Molecular Biology Program
• Characterized gene expression during malaria parasite (Plasmodium spp.) transmission using comparative transcriptomic (RNA-seq) and proteomic (DIA-MS) approaches to demonstrate the release of translational repression.
• Applied genetic engineering techniques to generate transgenic cell lines for downstream analyses (gene essentiality, protein expression, protein-protein interactions, flow cytometry, RNA-seq)
• Designed and executed in vivo studies of malaria parasite development in mouse and mosquito hosts, including blood and organ collection and ex vivo analyses
• Characterized the effect of sulfadiazine drug selection on limiting malaria parasite transmission and development in vivo
• Collaborated internally and externally on peer-reviewed manuscripts

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology