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Fort Smith, AR, US

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

• Developed Data Reports and Applications.
• Ensured Data Integrity within reports through vetting and validation of others work as well as participating in methods and procedures to verify, maintain and update data within the Data Warehouse and subsequent reports.
• Built and Maintained data pipelines, through analysis of data architecture we look to improve and validate ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) processes.
• Performed training for onboarding new employees to the team.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies within an Agile Team structure on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Hosted Code Review sessions for inquiries into new topics and co-worker assistance within the scope of workplace tasks.

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

• Assisted University of Iowa Physicist, Earl Nixon who provided hands on learning experiences to supplement the Clinical Clerkship offered at the University of Iowa.
• Directly assisted with portions of the monthly QA specifically regarding LINAC energy output as well as mechanical verifications. Additionally, we completed QA for the onboard imaging cone beam system as well.
• Assisted with completion of relevant scans and analyzation for ACR accreditation for the MRI at an outpatient clinic. We worked through various ACR phantoms slice-by-slice, verifying that all modules were within.

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

• Performing patient-specific IMRT quality assurance (QA) on the Elekta VersaHD LINAC on a two nights a week on a weekly basis.
• Assisted medical physics residents with monthly QA on Elekta VersaHD LINAC.
• Created cerrobend blocks for electron beam treatments.
• Performed monthly Uniformity and Multi-head Registration QA on various SPECT and SPECT/CT machines within Nuclear Medicine.

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

• Worked under Dr. Stephen Graves, assisting with all relevant research theranostics research.
• Presenting research at regional and national AAPM conferences, as well as submitting and publishing four separate works.
• Assisted with Dr. Graves clinical responsibilities within Nuclear Medicine as well sampling course material for Dr. Graves teaching commitments.

Omaha, NE

• Oversee general physics students in laboratory, during which maintaining a safe workspace while facilitating learning through lectures and student inquires.
• Collaborate with other members of the teaching team to maximize course value and enjoyment for the student.
• Implementation of course objectives, evaluate student progress and assessment of all written work including exams.
• Test and troubleshoot laboratory equipment, improve laboratory setups regarding ease of use and student understanding.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

• Radiotherapeutic Outcomes in Regard to Glioblastoma
• Assessment of migratory capability of neuronal cell lines post-radiation exposure.
• Research includes cell culture, COMSOL Multiphysics modeling, Electric Cell Impedance Sensing (ECIS) Measurements, and the use of Faxitron’s CellRad (X-ray Cabinet).

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

• Pulling data and interpreting information to supply both one off and automized regular reports.
• Created, edited, and validated regular business-related data requests.
• Worked within development team to create windows-based application, needed to accurately supply information from multiple states regarding insurance coverage within the business.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Development of Ice-COLD-PCR (Improved and Complete Enrichment CO-amplification at Lower Denaturation temperature), an ultra-high sensitivity DNA amplification technology that allows for the simultaneous detection of mutations in multiple genes from either tumor or liquid samples.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

• Chemistry & Biology Department
• Setup laboratory equipment for introductory biology and chemistry courses.
• Test and troubleshoot laboratory procedures.
• Answer student questions during lab and help-room hours.
• Evaluate student performance and comprehension during lab and on written assignments and report.

Dominican Republic

• PI: Dr. Gary Michels, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
• Water Quality Service Trip, Dominican Republic. While immersed in the culture we created, maintained, and tested current and old water filters to help the quality of life by providing access to clean and safe water.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

• PI: Dr. Robert Townley, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• Investigated the effect of different signaling molecules in the lungs in regards to an asthmatic response while assessing the viability of new pharmaceuticals.
• Assessments involved inducing asthmatic responses in mice who have been given a new pharmaceutical compared to a control response.

Doctoral Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Medical Physics

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General

Biological Physics Minor