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- Performing health sciences market research to provide insights into company and market needs in target fields and therapeutic areas that match Pitt research strengths- Developing material to market Pitt intellectual property and technology- Supporting OIEP business development efforts-Promoting Pitt research to external partners at conferences, on social media, and on Pitt websites

Business Concept: DrugWonder aims to become the premier platform for sharing compelling stories of drug development from discovery through clinical trials to market launch. The company will offer expert consulting services to pharmaceutical companies, research institutions, and biotech startups after establishing a strong educational foundation.

- Collaboratively completed client-facing projects, providing strategic recommendations for clients informed by data-driven insights and summarized in white paper reports- Conducted market research, competitive analysis, reimbursement and therapeutic landscapes assessments, and customer discovery to inform market entry and expansion business strategies of biotechnology startups

- Developing enhanced zinc finger repressors and strategies to alleviate immune response against cargo transgene, viral therapies such as AAV, infectious viruses or chronic inflammatory conditions.-In vivo gene and (epi)gene therapies. Using different delivery systems such as lipid nanoparticles and Adeno-associated viruses (AAV) to apply CRISPR-based editors to understand tissue biology and modulate the course of diseases.- Designing novel CRISPR genetic circuits for chronic pain management.

- Developing and testing an immunomodulator CRISPR/SpCas9 based vector for more efficient dystrophin gene editing of DMD.

Fall 2019 Teaching Assistant for Process Design (ChBE431), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Urbana, IL. Spring 2018 Teaching Assistant for Process Design (ChBE431), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Urbana, IL. Spring 2017 Teaching Assistant for Unit Operations Laboratory (ChBE 430), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Urbana, IL. Fall 2016 Teaching Assistant for Unit Operations Laboratory (ChBE 430), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC, IL.

Research on Natural product discovery in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. My skills include: • Engineering Streptomyces for natural product discovery : - Gene knock-out - Promoter knock-in - Use of Anti-smash for secondary metabolite analysis - Different assemblies (Gibson assembly, Golden gate assembly) - Cloning methods (Restriction-digestion and ligation, Blunt end cloning) - Streptomyces Spore prep. and Genomic DNA prep. - Competent cells prep. - DNA transfer to Streptomyces via conjugal transfer, electroplast, electroporation• Compound extraction, isolation and fractionation• Purification of water-soluble natural products from bacterial sources• Heterologous expression of natural product gene clusters• Bioinformatics for the identification of biosynthetic gene clusters• Cloning, expression, and purification of phosphonate biosynthetic enzymes• in vitro characterization of natural product biosynthetic enzymes • Skilled in CRISPR techniques• Analytical techniques such as NMR, HPLC, and GC-MS for compound detection