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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Managed a team of developers, designers, and strategists to create WordPress websites and Laravel applications. • Oversight of web development and strategy projects from start, through quality assurance, and into launch.• Acted as a Scrum Master, overseeing sprint progress, daily stand-up meetings, and managing team workload.• Implement Agile practices and tools to improve accuracy of delivery timelines, team efficiency and collaboration, and customer satisfaction.• Designed and implemented documentation system. Standardized engagement management processes, templates, best practices, onboarding, and feedback contributing to improved project performance and team productivity.• Oversaw and managed client interactions. Identified and proactively resolved issues and potential roadblocks while maintaining open communication with clients and internal team.• Regularly monitored project scope, budget, and timeline to provide project status reports and analytics for internal and external teams using Asana and Excel.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Collaborated with entrepreneurial associates to conduct explorations in various sectors of biotechnology innovation with the objective of creating prototype companies.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Worked on consulting projects that ranged from R&D, to strategy and marketing, to revenue modeling, to operations, to IP. Project Director — Oversaw simultaneous projects through scoping, deliverables, quality control, and client-team interfaces.Project Manager — Managed a team of consultants to help launch a product for a Nonprofit Biomedical Research Institution.Some of the projects were:Surgical startup - Identified partnerships and funding opportunities to finance POC. Provided landscape analysis of the AI/robotic surgery field, market size, and early stage valuation for a seed VC funding pitch-deck.Think tank - Created a database of pharmaceutical companies and identify the top 5 with highest therapeutic potential against SARSCoV-2. Created a therapeutic report and company profiles for financial investors.Biopharmaceutical company - Delivered a commercialization strategy for a novel COVID-19 diagnostics test and outlining regulatory processes.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Investigated the interaction between serotonin and GLP-1 in the brain. Identified the molecular receptors involved and assessed the role of their interaction in regulating feeding and neuronal activity following stress.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Created curriculum, organized, and executed a 3-day long training session on pedagogical methodologies and philosophies for incoming group of graduate level teaching assistants.

Syracuse, New York, United States

Investigated the role of IL-1ß as an endogenous neuroprotectant against CA1 hippocampal neurodegeneration induced by status epilepticus. Bred and maintained mutant mice line lacking the interleukin 1 receptor 1. Designed a behavioral protocol to assess seizure intensity and frequency following the kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Developed an ex-vivo model using organotypic hippocampal slices to compare neurodegeneration between wild-type and IL-1ß null mice.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

The work of the Lucki lab has focused on studying the role of specific neurotransmitters in the behavioral effects of antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs. Investigated the role of the opioid receptor system on anxiety- and depressive-like behavior. Employed behavioral model of depression (chronic unpredictable stress) in order to evaluate the antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like effects of Buprenorphine (BPN).

Richmond, Virginia, United States

The Larner lab studies the signaling mechanisms and corresponding biological actions activated by interferons. Investigated the mechanism used by interferons to regulate mitochondrial transcription. Employed molecular techniques to examine the role of the protein homodimer STAT1/STAT1 in regulating mitochondrial transcription following treatment with interferons.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Neuroscience