Helping labs develop the perfect automated solution to increase walk-away time and capacity. Optimize workflows, provide conceptual renders, and work with the sales and engineering teams to make a new automated solution as seamless as possible.

Lead a team of Applications Consulting Scientists responsible for providing demos, concept renders, and scientific consultation to Biosero customers.

Senior member of ACS team responsible for providing demos, renders, and consultation to customers. Assisted the sales team in creating and winning project proposals. Leader of Applications pre-sales meetings, responsible for assigning ACS to projects.

Provided technical support for a broad range of molecular biology products. Single point of contact for CRISPR, GeneArt, and Gateway technologies. Co-trainer of Introduction to Genome Editing course.

Co-chair of a student professional development organization dedicated to bringing students together with industry and policy professionals in the biodiesel community. Work with other co-chairs in the annual scholarship program, new student recruitment, and webinar planning.

Head of project investigating prickly pear as a biodiesel feedstock candidate. Performed high-throughput sequencing of genome, transcriptome, and metabolome. Created gene constructs designed to optimize oil production in leaf tissues. Established a field trial insouthern Nevada to determine watering and nutrient requirements for multiple species of prickly pear.

Responsible for timely processing of virology, water quality, shellfish, and newborn screening samples delivered from hospitals and health labs throughout Washington. Worked with management in the opening and operation of a new receiving wing that drastically simplifiedthe sample intake and processing time.

Utilized comparative genomics to identify key differences in plants using unique photosynthetic type compared to traditional plants. Extracted genomic DNA for use in transcriptomics. Designed primers for enzymes in the plant family Chenopodiaceae. Performed PCR and gel electrophoresis. Completed other lab duties as assigned.

Worked with post-doc on the analysis of cytochrome bc1 in the plant electron transport chain. Performed sample preparationand freeze quench experiments.