Nathan Lai Email & Phone Number

New Haven, CT, US

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

• Take an active role in teaching, including conducting lectures, hosting discussion sections, evaluating, and providing feedback on comprehensive lab reports, and facilitating a 4-hour laboratory.
• Design and facilitated a discussion-based biology course for non-science majors, translating scientific concepts into clear and engaging explanations for 250 undergraduate students.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

• Direct all laboratory operations with a focus on optimizing health protocols, enhancing patient satisfaction, and improving overall efficiency within the department.
• Coordinate between various other clinic departments to ensure efficient continuity of care of a student-run free clinic serving 600+ uninsured patients in the Greater New Haven Area.
• Serve on a subcommittee to plan the HAVEN 5K Run, securing partnerships with local organizations, the City of New Haven, and national track organizations.
• Manage clinic lab inventory and maintain working relationship between HAVEN and Yale New Haven Hospital.

Irvine, California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

• Provide 60-90 minute guided tours of the UC Berkeley campus to groups of 30+ including prospective students, admitted students, parents, alumni, and visitors
• Operate other visitor points of contact and events on the UC Berkeley campus such as the Koret Visitor Center, Campanile, and Cal Day

Berkeley, California, United States

• Performed TGF-beta ELISA immunoassay tests on SARS-CoV-2, Zika, and Dengue virus antibodies.
• Measured the effectiveness of the semi-synthetic therapeutic compounds developed.
• Prepared and grew cell samples using growth media to perform artificial infection of cells with Zika virus.

• Worked directly with the CEO, management, and a small student cohort to increase social media presence.
• Marketed One Circle Foundation curricula to juvenile justice organizations around the United States.
• Spearheaded project on digitizing One Circle Foundation mental health curricula to increase accessibility and appeal to the juvenile justice market, facilitated talks between One Circle Foundation and other companies.

San Francisco, California, United States

• Performed whole-body plethysmography experiments on mice, tracking hypoxic ventilatory response to various stimuli.
• Studied the effects of hypoxia on mice's carotid body function with the CRISPR-Cas9 Higd1c gene knockout.
• Discovered Higd1c gene is essential for carotid body function in hypoxia and hypoxic recovery.
• Studied the in vivo effects of lab-produced synthetic drugs developed to reduce opioid-induced respiratory depression.
• Developed protocol for upcoming plethysmography experiments.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Horstmann Scholar Certificate in Public Health Modeling

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Molecular And Cell Biology: Immunology And Molecular Medicine

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Public Health