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Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Rochester, Minnesota Area

• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Biomedical Engineering and PhysiologyCenter for Regenerative Medicine
• Perform stem cell culture, differentiation, and quality control assays on a daily basis
• Spearhead a cryopreservation project to preserve functional stem cell-derived beta cells for mass manufacturing
• Conduct flow cytometry, enzyme linked immunosorbent assays, glucose stimulated insulin secretion assays, and mycoplasma assays weekly

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Johns Hopkins EngineeringMay 2017 - May 2019
• Write proposals of current research
• Perform gel electrophoresis, PCR, and magnetic tweezers tensile testing on nano-structures
• Run computer simulations using ADINA, MATLAB, and Maya Autodesk to model DNA nano-structure tensile testing

Rochester, Minnesota Area

• Mayo Clinic, Islet Engineering
• Redesigned glucose stimulated insulin secretion experiments, increasing experiment efficiency by 55-65%.
• Executed insulin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and flow cytometry to provide insight into function of beta cells.
• Spearheaded experiments proving that a TBK1/IKK epsilon inhibitor increased stimulation index at least 50%.
• Created tissue blocks, sections, and immunostains for analysis in microscopy and ImageJ.

Medical Degree / Master'S Of Engineering, Medicine And Engineering

Bachelors Of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate

Activities and Societies: Students United with America's Toothfairy, Supporting Hospitals Abroad with Resources and Equipment, American.