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Greater Boston Area

• Manager of the Customer-Facing Bioinformatics team.
• Managing a team of talented bioinformaticians to achieve and prioritize project goals.
• Developing and using company software pipelines to identify genes of interest and potential genetic variants (SNPs, indels, CNVs, gene fusions) from clinical DNA samples.
• Assessing the biological significance of genetic variants detected and producing high quality reports for clients, prospects and collaborators.
• Providing expertise to aid the Marketing & Sales Department on communicating scientific principles and technical results directly with the client, prospect or collaborator.
• Packaging and integrating new solutions in the company’s pipeline building engine.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL.
• Conceived and executed new research projects, including designing experimental protocols and approaches, analyzing and reviewing scientific data, and writing and editing manuscripts for publication.
• Mentored undergraduate and pre-doctoral students in experimental design, microscope image acquisition and scientific communication.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Laboratory of Stephen Lee, PhD. Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
• Managed research projects investigating the role of noncoding RNA, amyloidogenesis, and protein synthesis in cell systems relevant to cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.
• Developed and implemented bioinformatic tools to analyze and visualize mass spectrometry (MS) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) data.
• Collaborated with team members to design immunofluorescence staining and image acquisition techniques for visualizing RNA and protein expression in live cultured cells, cell-free systems and fixed tumor biopsy samples.
• Wrote manuscripts and scientific reports, prepared grants, and presented at international research conferences.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Built relationships with key school administrators, faculty advisors and students to organize research & professional development initiatives on campus, e.g. research symposiums, career and women in STEM workshops, etc.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Prepared briefing notes, presentations and other research materials to support national child health initiatives related to the UN Millennium Goals, SIDS, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, early childhood benefits &.
• Supported the launch of National Child Day

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, 4Th Year

Activities and Societies: President, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Student Government (2016-2018), Treasurer, Biomedical Graduate.

Master Of Science - Ms, Molecular Genetics

Drosophila neurodevelopment, genetics, confocal fluorescence microscopy

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General