• Work with SQL databases to utilize information from big data sets.• Write Javascript code to query SQL databases and generate and create graphs that are displayed in real-time.• Format Microsoft Word documents for consistency in order to meet compliance requirements

• Utilized zebrafish as an animal model to study development and regeneration of the retina.• Utilized molecular cloning, which required the isolation of DNA, and use of recombinant technology.• Responsible for directly mentoring undergraduates, this included: assisting them to develop projects, assisting them to prepare and present the results at campus wide poster sessions, and using that data as part of peer reviewed publications.• Used immunohistochemistry on sections or whole mounted zebrafish retinas and imaged them by confocal or epifluorescence microscopy.• Used in-situ hybridization on sections to identify expression of RNA in individual cells.• Formaldehyde fixed, measured, and embedded zebrafish tissue for immunohistochemistry or in-situ hybridization.• Determined statistical outcome using R Statistical Software, Minitab, and MS Excel.• Developed methods to quantify images using NIS Elements, ImageJ, Metamorph, and Imaris.

• Assisted students in an undergraduate genetics class in experimental design.• Graded students’ laboratory reports using established criteria.

• Provided assistance to facility users, by providing technical support and training on confocal and epifluorescent microscopes.• Assisted faculty members, post-docs, and students on experimental design.• Assisted in the maintenance and calibration of instruments and configuring instruments to individual user needs. • Provided training to users on the use of new instruments and techniques.

• Worked as part of a team that created new assays for High Content Screening, using primary retinal cell cultures.• Tested effect of new compounds on mouse disease models.• Operated robotic plate handling system to develop and execute protocols for novel screening system.• Extensive use of High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) by implementing, developing and optimizing assays on analytical HPLC to determine next clinical drug candidates.• Study coordinator for experiments used to determine compound for next clinical candidate.• Screened for new compounds using in vivo assays.• Entered data related to experiments and helped create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).