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Millburn, New Jersey, United States

Raritan, New Jersey, United States

Kelly Science & Clinical providing services for Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Bacterial Vaccine DivisionPerformed clinical testing and assay validation supporting Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus vaccine discovery. ❖ Performed ECL clinical testing according to GCLP and FDA standards.❖ Troubleshooted and Validated a High Throughput Agglutination Assay in anticipation of clinical testing.❖ Maintained inventory of chemicals and critical reagents utilizing LabWare Laboratory Inventory Management System (LIMS).❖ Maintained records of assays using Biovia Electronic lab notebook (ELN) and LIMS. ❖ Grew and maintained THP-1 and HL60 cells in culture and prepared cells for functional assays.❖ Performed phenotyping assays for THP-1 and HL60 cells on FACS Lyric. ❖ Trained three operators on ECL and Agglutination assays.❖ Assisted in Environmental Health and Safety inspections of labs.

Eatontown, New Jersey, United States

❖ Inspect stents for deformities and imperfections incurred during manufacturing according to GMPs.❖ Troubleshoot electroplating process to guide operators to make necessary changes to the working environment.❖ Inspect stent delivery systems and deployed stents in a clean room environment for safety and efficacy.❖ Kept detailed records according to SOPs.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Researched the effect on nonthermal plasma on Herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) infectivity in Vero cells.❖ Exposed HSV-1 stock solution to novel nonthermal plasma device to determine its effect on viral infectivity.❖ Performed plaque assays using recombinant HSV-1 with a GFP reporter gene to determine viral load.❖ Quantified GFP expression using confocal fluorescent microscopy.❖ Grew and manipulated human and primate cells in tissue culture.❖ Utilized electronic lab notebooks to keep detailed records of experimental protocols and results.❖ Trained undergraduate and rotating graduate students to independently write protocols and to perform experiments.

Long Branch, Nj

Dayton, New Jersey

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

Master Of Science - Ms, Microbiology And Immunology, 3.07

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General, 3.74

High School Diploma