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California, United States

Redwood City, California, United States

As a member of a translational research team, I conducted experiments to better develop pulsed electric field ablation as an oncology therapeutic.- Worked cross-functionally with sales, clinical and 10+ users of PEF therapy to assess clinical performance goals,provide rapid troubleshooting, and characterize potential health hazards observed in the field.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

As the early stage team lead, I took on strategy, product management, and engineering roles to move our cataract surgery device and method solution forward.- Managed partnerships, collaboration with academic institutions, and external stakeholder relationships- Led product strategy and managed team of 9 through needs assessment, prototyping, testing.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

As a product manager on the data engineering team, I scoped out and initiated standardization of high throughput screening data processes and access to support the organism engineering platform.- Established data pipeline to standardize assay data processing with 50+ users and data engineering teams- Analyzed product usage data and roadmapped processes to.

• As a product manager on the DNA Design team, I supported feature development gene editing, design, and ordering.
• Performed user research, consolidated insights to define multi-level design validations on DNA design software
• Created wireframes and workflow diagrams to interface with software engineers
• Tested design checker feature with users, used feedback to plan future directions of feature
• Initialized best practices guide for DNA design at Ginkgo to improve scalability

Baltimore, Maryland

• Developed a low cost, minimal-training screening device for obstructive sleep apnea
• Performed 100+ clinician and patient interviews, needs assessment, and market research
• Designed and conducted V&V testing in vitro and in clinical settings
• Created go to market strategy and collaborated with clinical, engineering, and business professionals

Singapore

Developed a soft, dielectric elastomer actuated finger and tested finger in various medical applications, including skin palpation to discern textures and firmness.

Menlo Park, CA

Research under the Biosciences division through NSF REU Program. Developed cell membrane mimics using nanoscale droplet emulsions to replicate the lipid bilayer with embedded P-glycoprotein to ultimately study cell-to-cell transport with applications to drug transport.

Research at the Bio-acoustic MEMS in Medicine Laboratory to develop a nano-sized construct for cell thermometry

Cleaned content of medical cases in educational simulation.

Master Of Science - Ms, Biomedical Engineering

Concentration in Computational Medicine

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: MedTech Network- Planned networking and workshop events with 100+ students and numerous companies. Course.

Education record