Lead Scientist, Defense and Intelligence Group, Chemical Biologics Radiation Nuclear and High Yield Explosives (CBRNE) team.Provided management solutions, scientific expertise and technical support to The Department of Defense (DoD)and its subsidiaries, The Department of the Army (US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC)) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Drafted technical reports, manuals, documents, and summaries on medical countermeasures to chemical and biological threat agents and CBRNE research, techniques and technical applications. Performed scientific data analysis, research of open source documents and non-published data.Provided event and workshop planning, coordination and facilitation. Supported the firm by managing clients, drafting proposals, identifying new business opportunities, drafting of white papers and team marketing materials.

Contract research scientist for Structural Biology Department, duties are to develop assays for cell based Kd determination using flow cytometric methods for support of department PK/PD antibody studies. Used site directed mutagenesis to in development of mouse duobodies with silencing Fc mutations for mouse surrogate assays.

Outsource Reagent Management•Management of Biologic Department's contract research organization (CRO's) reagent production. Serve as liaison between department's Business Integration Manager, research project managers and CRO's to initiate and provide accountable, timely service of quality reagent production. •Coordination of reagent validation studies for CRO produced material, management of outsourcing records for inventory and program/project spending, developed database/team space for submission of outsourcing requests, QC/validation data (FPLC, SDS-PAGE, endotoxin, glycosylation, amino acid sequence, mass spectrometry, chemical and thermo stability, particulate analysis), sample storage and tracking.Research •Provided leadership and expertise in the discovery and development of various therapeutic antibody and small molecule programs, coordinated collaborative research project efforts within the Biologics Department’s antibody engineering teams as well as with large and small molecule cross functional teams.•Designed and executed large and small molecule screening programs, antibody and small molecule characterization, Biacore kinetic and affinity analysis of both small and large molecules, small batch protein purification and labeling, analysis of protein purity and endotoxin levels, analysis of protein – protein interactions (ELISA, AlphaLISA, Western blot, immumo-precipitation and thermal shift assays).• Managed MRL's Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) antibody phage display library and served as departments' liaison to CAT for technology and information exchange, provided assistance to MRL groups for CAT library/phage display training, selection, screening and antibody optimization strategies.• Provided oral and written reports of project and program progress to team and senior level management.•Developed and integrated laboratory automation into Biologics Department

•Manager of HIV BSL2 Laboratory and $100,000 research budget. •Performed independent research on role of lipid rafts in HIV budding and infectivity as well as the role of cell adhesion molecules in HIV pathogenesis.•Trained and oriented lab staff and students on HIV safety and HIV experimental proceedures, •Responsibilities also included equipment maintenance, optimization of laboratory space and laboroatory design.•Skills include: cell & virus culture, HIV purification, Flow Cytometry, Confocal Microscopy, small animal procedures, ascites production, monoclonal antibody production and purification, protein labeling, assay development, ELISA, SDS-PAGE, PCR, Western Blot, ADCC assays and Immuno-precipitation.

•Worked independently to characterize immunogenic proteins from parasitic helminthes for development of potential vaccine therapies using molecular biology techniques: gel electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, PCR, radioactive labeling, sequencing (automated and manual methods).•Served as laboratory radiation safety officer: responsible for maintaining laboratory radioactivity usage, monitoring, training and safety records. Worked with university health and safety as well as California Environmental Safety representatives to assure laboratory personnel adhered to university and state standards.