Sam Modlin Email & Phone Number

United States

San Diego, CA

Manage projects in our epigenomics and functional genomics research team from conception to dissemination.Responsibilities include:- Managing teams of graduate students to design, carry out, and disseminate findings of research projects into genetics and epigenetics of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.- Ensuring scientific rigor in approaches.

San Diego, CA

Manage and maintain computing infrastructure for BMIRC, Linux administration and databases, network implementation and planning.Half-time (20 hrs/week)

Greater San Diego Area

Lecture for graduate courses in the Bioinformatics Master's Program. Topics center around application of machine learning to biological classification problems, such as antimicrobial resistance, DNA methylation detection, and cancer classification.

San Diego, CA

Use computational methods to explore the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and drug-resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Current approaches include: - Comparative genomics and epigenomics - Functional (epi)genomics - Genome Annotation My summary can be found at our lab website: http://tuberculosis.sdsu.edu/people/

Greater Washington D.C. Area

Tutor students remotely and in person in the following areas:- Test preparation (PSAT, SAT, GRE, and MCAT Biological Sciences)- High school and college science courses (Biology, Physiology, and Neuroscience)

Silver Spring, MD

- Created, developed, and implemented teaching modules with a biomedical focus for the GEMS summer educational outreach program to rising 7th-12th graders - Co-lead a team of 11 current college students and recent graduates in mentoring and teaching local high and middle school students - Developed novel neurosurgical simulation using pig brain, evaluated.

Beltsville, MD

202 Wolf Hall, Newark, DE

• Was part of a seven member student-faculty team in tasked with academic advisement of over 1,000 students
• Spoke to accepted students and parents about experience at University of Delaware as a neuroscience student and about the program with Q & A afterwards
• Organized and oversaw two Career Panels (Spring 2013 & 2014), for Psychology and Neuroscience majors, recruiting recently employed professionals in relevant fields
• Represented neuroscience department at several events, speaking with interested high school students and parents about the program and the field

Newark, DE

Worked as an undergraduate research assistant under Dr. Anna Klintsova. Performed basic laboratory techniques (tissue sectioning, animal care, immunohistochemistry). Conducted and wrote a senior thesis examining the effect of neonatal alcohol exposure on neuronal excitability in CA3 of the hippocampus in adolescent rodents, following novel context exposure.

Master Of Science (Ms), Biomedical Informatics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) With Distinction, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: UD Neuroscience Club Undergraduate Research Free Thinker's Club Medlife Medical Relief Trip to Lima, Peru

Education record

Activities and Societies: Baseball Team