Parthiban Rajasekaran Email & Phone Number

Paris, France, Fr

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

# Science and technical consultant for the Business Units of SimplePlex, Simple Western and Luminex assay platforms (supporting 8 different instruments across 3 different product lines).

Billerica, Massachusetts, Us

# Provided applications support (training, assay development and troubleshooting) to North East/New England Region customers on SIMOA platform product line.

Orlando, Fl, Us

# Program Management: Managed 2 USDA grants (Total budget of 2 grants ~ $ 3.6 million) by timely execution of experimental tasks, analyzing research study data and submitting annual progress reports by co-ordinating a cross-functional team of 6 collaborators from multiple backgrounds including physics, chemistry, environmental engineering and plant pathology.# Generated deliverables for government agencies (EPA) and industry partners towards commercialization processes of agriculture biocides by incorporating stakeholder inputs# Investigated bacterial electrophysiology (1 patent filed as lead inventor) by collaborating with electrical engineers, studied aquatic toxicology of agro chemical biocides using fathead minnow as fish model, studied cellular toxicity of agro-chemical biocides using various cell lines simulating topical, respiratory and systemic exposure, systemic antimicrobial screening using a battery of assays and developed IACUC protocols# Taught two graduate level courses as guest lecturer, mentored graduate, under-graduate and high school students in research projects

Orlando, Fl, Us

Taught infectious diseases and immunology to medical students in small group case study sessions in the College of Medicine at University of Central Florida (120 students/class)

Orlando, Fl, Us

# Interdisciplinary research to develop copper and zinc based antimicrobials for citrus/plant diseases, animal feed supplement and topical applications in human medicine. Chitosan hydrogel was used as a vehicle to deliver antimicrobial metals and classical antibiotics# Research experience involved metal based antimicrobial material development and optimization for scaling up process, material characterization and subsequent screening for antimicrobial properties, toxicity assessment in eukaryotic cell lines and model plants.

Acted as the scientific faculty advisor and subject matter expert consultant to this NSF funded start up company that worked on developing non-toxic, non-heavy metal based quantum dots aided drug delivery system for treating cancer and infectious diseases. This company was funded by I-Corps program of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Blacksburg, Va, Us

# Won $20,000 in grant funding as Co-PI in the Internal Research Competition# Developed anti-sense based peptide nucleic acids as antimicrobials for Brucellosis and Tuberculosis. Thorough analysis of the pathogen's genome, identify druggable gene targets, designing peptide nucleic acid oligomers against target genes, studying antimicrobial efficacy in cell culture system and in mouse infection studies, in-vitro hemotoxicity studies, complement assays, cytotoxicity studies involving structural and immune cell lines# Wrote 6 grant proposals to agencies including NIH, DARPA-DoD, and Gates Foundation

Boston, Ma, Us

# Identified changes in pulmonary innate responses between resistant and susceptible mouse models and the niche for mycobacterial growth. Aerosol infection of mice (nasal and endo-tracheal routes), collection of broncho-alveolar lavage to sort immune cell population using flow cytometry, quantification of bacteria in alveolar lavage using RT- PCR.# Identified sex influenced weight gain in tuberculosis resistant and susceptible congenic mouse strains. Harvesting and analysing adipose tissue (from sub-cutaneous and visceral) from male and female mice fed with regular diet and high-fat (western) diet to identify the changes in fat deposition, body temperature regulation and feed intake per day.# Trained by USAMRIID scientists to operate experimental aerosol instruments inside BSL-4 and BSL-3 laboratories.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

# Dissertation title: Development of an antibiotic resistance free bivalent vaccine against swine brucellosis and swine influenza. Constructed a series of recombinant Brucella inside BSL-3 laboratories and performed their efficacy as vaccine candidates in both cell culture and mouse infection studies.Dissertation work resulted in 2 first author publications; one of which won the "most outstanding manuscript" award in the national level award competition conducted by the honor society of Veterinary Medicine. Thesis adviser: Dr. Stephen M. Boyle# Effect of urease mutation on the global gene and protein expression of Brucella grown under nutrient limiting and sufficient conditions.Other:• Extensive experience in training under-graduate, summer research veterinary students and fellow graduate students with various molecular biology and immunology techniques. • Assisted in devising and conducting experiments for visiting international scientists.

Blacksburg, Va, Us

# Advanced Veterinary Public Health (VM8984) – Spring 2008 & spring 2009Gave lectures to the graduating year veterinary students on topics “Microbial resistance and alternative medicine”Course leader: Dr. Jennifer Hodgson

Blacksburg, Va, Us

# Veterinary Microbiology laboratory (VMS 5754) 1. Taught basic and clinical microbiology tests and techniques to a class of 95 veterinary students2. Devising and conducting laboratory examinations (see LinkedIn recommendations for student feedback)# Veterinary Virology (VMS 5054) 1. Conducting examinations and used computer assisted grading system

# Diagnosis and treatment of animals # Mixed animal practice# Increased revenue of the clinic by 100% in less than 12 months by employing effective patient focused and client-facing strategies.

Ph.D, Biomedical And Veterinary Sciences

D.V.M. (B.V.Sc.), Veterinary Medicine

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