Environmental Health and Safety Specialist focusing on Bio-Safety and Lab-Safety. Subject matter expert for Biologically based Research at NCSU. And Manager of the University's Institutional Biosafety Committee.

Ressearch Associate/Research Specialist/ Laboratory Animal CoordinatorUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, June2015-January 2017Survival surgeon, Tumor studies. CAR t-cell production and application, Lab managment and maintenance as well as personnel training and management. In vitro therapeutic validation. Mouse colony management. Management of laboratory compliance. Maintenance of laboratory logs inventories and equipment with GMP considerations and preclinical SOPs.Research Specialist/Laboratory Manager/ Laboratory Animal CoordinatorUNC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, July 2013-June 2015Survival surgeon, for the purpose of gene knock down quantification and qualification. Lab managment and maintenance as well as personnel management and coordination. Laboratory animal Coordinator. Mouse colony management. Keratinocyte harvest and culture and processing for in-vitro assays. Preparation of keratinocyte specific reagents and harvest/expansion of keratinocytes. Maintain laboratory equipment. Management and training of laboratory personnel.Research Technician/Laboratory Animal CoordinatorUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jan 2008-July 2013Humanized mouse creation. Genotyping of transgeneic and mutant immune-deficient mice. Stem cell transplantation into humanized mouse models. Stem cell purification, preparation, transplantation, and performance of murine surgical procedures. Cryogenic preservation and harvest of CD34+ stem cells. Tissue isolation and harvest. Determination of stem cell engraftment by Flow Cytometry. Laboratory Animal Coordinator. Mouse colony management. Maintain laboratory equipment. Review work of lower level laboratory personnel within designated areas and assist in training new personnel. In lab IT work and support.