Accelerating the translation of promising therapeutics in UPenn laboratories into successful biotech spinouts.

Working with team of clinicians, researchers, and partner companies to translate technologies developed at the Wyss Institute towards prioritized public health challenges.

Constructing machine learning methods for deconvolving cell type detection in brain tumors to identify patient-specific pathways and cell types affected by therapeutics for personalized,targeted medicine.Skills: R, Python, Computer Vision, Seurat, RCTD/STDeconvolve

Developing molecular technologies with DNA nanostructures, microfluidics, and lipid nanoparticles for multiplexing diagnostics and targeted therapeutics.Skills: Immunostaining, RNA/DNA purification, Tissue Culture, Nanoparticle Synthesis, Nucleic Acid & Protein Micro/Epoxy Beads Binding

Fabricated a microfluidic platform for passive integration of dried reagent and patient basophils for a device detecting food allergies in a novel blood-based assay. Skills: Microscopy, CAD, Microfluidic Fabrication, Biophysics

Worked on research concerning molecular/cell biology, animal sciences and bioinformatics with a focus on oncology and developmental biology: - 3D printed tumor-on-chip with computer vision to characterize intratumoral heterogeneity - studied mechanisms of adaptive immunity in invertebrates - therapeutic possibilities of CRISPR for cancerSkills: 3D Printing, Tissue/Cell Culture, Miniprep, CRISPR, Fluorescent Imaging, DNA/RNA Isolation

Interned at company aimed at creating a device for rapid and universal microbial profiling. - streamlining data storage with AWS S3/Glacier - image processing with Python's computer vision library OpenCV - wet-lab projects focused on optomizing PCR assaysSkills: PCR, Python, OpenCV/Computer Vision, AWS Storage Systems

Explored neuropathology of major depressive disorder (MDD) and investigated possible neural subtypes through a meta-analysis of fMRI’s, to guide its diagnosis and treatment.