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Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

-Project 1- focus on using electrochemistry method for detection of hydrogen peroxide for neuronscience -Project 2- develop a method in situ electrochemistry method for detection of metal in aqueous solution.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

Involved in 2 projects a) Single exosome analysis using in house design multiple microfluidic channels in a platform; - Modified microfluidic channel platform to for single exosomes and fabricate the template in clean room using SU-8b) Developing and engineering exosomes as an effective cellular regulator employed in diagnosis-Develop method to optimize transfection efficiency of exosomes with siRNA-Mentor undergraduate students

Hobart, Australia

- Supervises 36 - 48 1st year Chemistry students per lab session; responsibilities including overseeing and coordinating assistant demonstrators, conducting Q&A on students for feedback on experiments, grading student lab assignments, and oversight on safety procedures- Teaches and demonstrates equipment setup required for experiments to Assistant Demonstrator and students (distillation, extraction, synthesis, titration, recrystallizations and spectrometer)- Provides hands-on training in Chemistry equipment handling/setup, receiving positive feedback from students and resulting in Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards

Hobart, Australia

- Supervises 12 - 16 3rd year for Analytical Chemistry laboratory sessions; responsibilities including reporting incidents, grading reports, providing feedback, and providing oversight on safety procedures- Teaches and troubleshoots all laboratory analytical instrument operations (HPLC, GC, GC-MS, IC, CE and paperfluidics)- Instructs and enables students to use trained analytical skills in applying real life samples for analysis resulting in Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards

Tasmania, Australia

- Developed and optimized method for Gray Innovation Inc. on cations followed by anions in target sample matrix conductivity- Modified developed methods onto in-house built portable CE system and compared the sensitivities by analyzing various water samples provided by Gray Innovation Inc.- Prepared biweekly reports, presentation slides and briefed experimental progress and results of method development and optimizations for cations and anions to team members and senior leadership

- Developed alternative method for capillary and microchip using Isotachophoresis (ITP) for live bacterial cells detection- Introduced counter-pressure capillary ITP method to lower the detection limits of bacterial cells- Developed and optimized In-line fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method for specific detection of intact live bacterial cells using capillary ITP in mixture community- Utilized autoclave for LB broth & agar for daily cell culture & plate count and before cells disposal- Performed on-glass FISH of bacterial cells and compared with In-line FISH- Used Ribosomal Database Project (RDP) for online data analysis and ProbeBase for rRNA targeted oligonucleotides- Operated and troubleshot Beckman CE coulter - LIF for intact live bacterial cells analysis- Used of Nikon inverted microscope Ti-Eclipse and PMT detector for microfluidic ITP analysis- Utilized AutoCad Software to designed multi-material chip with integrated PLA electrodes for 3D printing chip for bacterial analysis- Recorded data, experimental observations, results and method changes in lab book daily

- Assisted in supervising 12 - 16 1st year Chemistry Students; responsibilities including grading lab books and submitting sutdent grades to Supervisor- Demonstrated equipment setup required for each experiment as instructed by Supervisor

Tasmania, Australia

- Assisted 1st year student in conducting experiment in the lab. Provided helping hand in handling and setting up equipment- Assisted and mentored the student on chemical interactions behind each experiment- Clean up glassware and explained the student the proper way in disposing chemical products

Tasmania, Australia

- Assisted a PhD candidature in one of the experiment to see if chemiluminescence can be used in microchip for pharmaceutical drug analysis. - Prepared PDMS chip daily

Tasmania, Australia

Honours project was to developed an alternative method for live bacterial cells detection using capillary and microchip electrophoresis. - Developed Isotachophoresis (ITP) under Field Amplified Sample Injection (FASI) for bacterial detection in less than 1 hour- ITP method were used in Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) and Microchip electrophoresis for bacterial analysis.- Bacterial cells were culture daily and Analysed bacterial cells were disposed after subjected to autoclaves.- Prepared LB broth and Agar for cell culture- Recorded experimental results, procedures and modification onto Lab book daily

Tasmania, Australia

- Analyzed 15 cations and anions from pharmaceutical drugs simultaneously using dual CE system with LabView Software- Performed capillary surface coating to modify the surface charge of the capillary for analysis of target cations and anions, reporting on results and experimental details daily

Kuala Lumpur

- Photocopied documents, received and transferred calls, arranged documents and sort delivered letter

Mid Valley And The Garden South Tower

- Received call, transferred call, meeting room booking enquiries, photocopying, arranged documents

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Isotachophoresis , Microbiology, Molecular Biology

Bachelor Of Biotechnology (Honours), Isotachophoresis, Capillary Electrophoresis, Separation Science

Bachelor Of Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Genetic, Chemistry, Microbiology

Activities and Societies: white water rafting

Bachelor Of Science (Biotechnology), Science

South Australia Matriculation, Medicine/Health Science

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