• Examined healthcare student-run clinic catered towards the Latino community to engineer medical devices for performing clinical tasks• Collaborated with physicians to develop an interactive model to bridge communication gap between patients and clinicians• Led a team of 6 undergrads, managed distribution of work, project budget, and successfully implemented 100% of project ideas• Prototyped an educational 3D artery model to increase patient understanding of Type 2 Diabetes and its correlation to heart attack

• Designed protocols to optimize lipid nanoparticles delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 mRNA for treating genetic neurodevelopmental disorders, using animal models of mice to evaluate transfection efficiency• Performed antibody staining (IHC, H&E), ELISA, cryosection, DNA extraction, and in-utero injections, boosting experimental accuracy by 15%• Cultured mammalian cells (AFMSCs, PMSCs, iPSCs) and isolated extracellular vesicles for regenerative therapy applications• Analyzed spatially-resolved RNA-seq data with Seurat in R, integrating spatial and molecular information across multiple slices

• Developed neuroimaging techniques to quantify novel biomarkers, improving brain function analysis in patients with Dementia and Alzheimer’s enabling earlier detection of lesions• Interpreted MRI scans of 72+ patients, developed a pre-processing and analysis pipeline, generated accurate oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) maps using MATLAB and debugged code to generate quantifiable results for data analysis• Independently produced segmentation of cerebellum in MRI scans for 15+ subjects using FSLeyes enhancing anatomical accuracy• Delivered 2 poster presentations at the National Research Conference at UPENN and UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference

Article: The Fascinating World of Brain Mapping: Discovering Mysteries of the Brainhttps://medium.com/neurotech-davis/the-fascinating-world-of-brain-mapping-discovering-mysteries-of-the-brain-a4049da599b3