Revathi Raman, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Farmington, Ut, Us

Farmington, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

• Steered the project lifecycle, emphasizing global joint ventures, product quality, cross-functional collaboration, and bolstering R&D efforts culminating in the achievement of key strategic product development milestones.• Collaborated closely with internal teams to prioritize operational, R&D, and technical aspects of assay development for infectious diseases, showcased by successful co-ordination of sample collection, study coordination, and process enhancements to achieve project objectives. • Spearheaded project prioritization and execution by actively engaging with management team to uphold scope, timelines, and budget adherence, thereby ensuring alignment with overarching company objectives.• Orchestrated and streamlined the development of diverse infectious disease IVD products by aligning operational, technical, and logistical facets of the team.• Provided immense leadership in driving process improvements, change management initiatives, and establishing new processes to ensure and enhance team stability, capability, and capacity.• Drove the successful advancement of multiple projects through coordinated efforts, innovative problem-solving, and improved inter-departmental communication.• Managed verification and validation studies for PCR diagnostic platforms, ensuring thorough testing and validation to support their effective development and deployment.• Facilitated technical meetings, design reviews, and scientific advisory board sessions, ensuring comprehensive communication of project progress and updates to management, thereby enhancing decision-making and project outcomes.

Milford, Massachusetts, Us

• Devised innovative concepts to launch for molecular diagnostics pipeline leading to the development of CE-IVD/RUO/MVP reference materials for infectious diseases (Monkeypox/COVID/STDs) and oncology products using various molecular techniques.• Worked with Commercial and Marketing on Design Control process, by determining product specifications for infectious diseases products, reviewing FDA requirements, drafting design requirements, and leading strategic planning discussions.• Communicated with Technical services and sales to support product decisions and manage customer relations, provide alternative technical solutions to customers via communications with Field application scientists and Technical support specialists.• Drafted SOPs, Design Control documents, validation documents, customer facing documents (Technical Product Report and Certificate of Analysis), real-time stability study protocols and reports towards the production of various infectious disease IVD reference materials and led design review meetings.• Demonstrated excellent time management skills by working on multiple projects alongside performing assay designing and development, data analysis and troubleshooting of the projects, product development, leading tech-transfer meetings and finishing the products as per scheduled timelines.• Exemplar verbal/written communication skills showcased by leading experimental data presentations to the team requiring effective data organization and devise assay design documentation.• Managed discrepancy investigations for my team’s projects, which involves identifying samples requiring further investigation followed by initiating DCRs, planning, executing, and delegating the required lab work.• Showcased leadership skills by successfully taking ownership of multiple projects for NPD team, mentoring Research Associates and training them on DNA and RNA extractions, Droplet Digital PCR, qRT-PCR, ccfDNA library preparation, cGMP, GDP, GLP, etc.

Milford, Massachusetts, Us

• Managed Custom Product Development team to generate multiplexed NIPT cell free DNA reference materials and TMB oncology products for companies like Illumina, Caris, Guardant Health and Roche.• Supervised Custom OEM team and help determine specifications of the product as per customer requirements, drafted product development timeline, and contributed towards meeting the project goals.• Devised product proposals and contributed towards development of feasibility lots using recombinant DNA technology for T21 and blood TMB mixes alongside supporting data analysis and troubleshooting.• Collaborated with multiple teams including Manufacturing, R&D and Technology Development to analyze the product specifications, and provide product alternatives/technical solutions to customers.• Drafted SOPs, customer facing documents (Technical Product Reports, Certificate of Analysis), validation protocols and reports towards the production of TMB and cell free DNA reference materials.• Demonstrated excellent time management skills by working on multiple projects alongside assay and product development and meeting the timeline.• Devised product development documents and helped in analyzing and troubleshooting of the data while devising new assays.• Showcased leadership skills by successfully mentoring multiple Research Associates and training them on Droplet Digital PCR, qRT-PCR, ccfDNA library preparation, cGMP, GDP, GLP, etc.

Denton, Tx, Us

Advisor: Dr. Pudur Jagadeeswaran• Streamlined the latest Nobel Prize winning CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique showcased by developing first tissue factor pathway inhibitor (tfpia) zebrafish mutant.• Identified tfpia regulators in zebrafish for the first time by refining genome-wide chromatin modifier regulator screen in zebrafish utilizing vivo-morpholino knockdown techniques.• Excellent leadership skills as evidenced by managing multiple projects and aligning with scientific partners at NIH on experimental research resulting in 10 journal publications.• Successfully managed 5 projects and mentored 6 Graduates and 10 Undergraduates by providing expert scientific input and training, yielding their motivation to continue in Science.• Demonstrated team working skills by co-operating in a multi-cultural environment, expertise in documentation of results/technical reports and excellent research presentations to R&D group.• Showcased strong problem-solving skills by overcoming project challenges, integrating new technologies, and delivering quality results through persistence, rapid learning, teamwork, and effective communication.• Devised experiments towards identification of zebrafish as a model for splenectomy by generation of immune thrombocytopenia in zebrafish and treating using splenectomy.• Collaborated with Dr. Paul McCray (University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa) in utilization of genome-wide knockdown screen towards therapy against coronavirus.• Collaborated with Dr. Janice Staber (University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa) towards identification of zebrafish as a model for Cystic Fibrosis.• Collaborated with Dr. Settara Chandrashekarappa (National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH) towards characterization of Fanconi anemia mutants and identification of association between Fanconi anemia and thrombosis.• Designed and conducted lab courses for Undergraduates on Human Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology and Medical Bacteriology.

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, In

Advisor: Dr. Tamizhselvi Ramasamy• Gained insights on mammalian cell culture and mouse handling showcased by executing experiments to check for cell viability in response to a natural drug.• Mentored 5 Graduates and Undergraduates as part of their small semester project while identifying anti-inflammatory effects of an artificially formulated drug in acute pancreatitis mouse model.• Demonstrated expertise in literature review and documentation of results.• Excellent presentation skills showcased by weekly research presentations for R&D group.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Advisors: Dr. Ramaswamy Subramanian and Dr. Dasaradhi Palakodeti• Developed and devised experiments to study RNA binding proteins in planaria resulting in identification of role of DEAD BOX proteins in stem cell regeneration of planaria.• Devised assays to isolate the genes involved in processing bodies (P-bodies) formation.• Efficient time management skills by championing timely execution of 2 projects on stem cell regeneration of planaria and yeast processing bodies.• Excellent communication skills demonstrated via effective presentations to various R&D group leaders.• Grasped knowledge on planarian handling and maintenance, RNAinterference, In situ Hybridization, yeast handling and immunoprecipitation.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology

Master Of Science - Ms, Biotechnology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry