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Lexington, MA, US

Basel, CH

Head of product management, systems engineering, software, biology, sustaining engineering, system solutions, and innovation teams for the design and development of Lonza Cocoon® platform - an automated, closed, and flexible system streamlining cell therapy manufacturing.

Shelton, CT, US

Head of R&D in North America for Molecular Diagnostics (Eonis, PKamp), NGS Library Preparation Kits (NEXTFLEX), Liquid Handling Automation (Janus, Sciclone, Zephyr), cloud-based platform (PKEye), Microfluidics (Labchip GX Touch), Lateral Flow Immunoassay (AuroFlow), ELISA kits (MaxSignal), and Mass Spectrometry workflows (ONE Pesticide).

Shelton, CT, US

Led the global Diagnostic Program Management Office, a team of individual Program Managers located in Turku (Finland), Taicang (China) and various sites in North America.

Venlo, Limburg, NL

Development lead for QIAGEN Sequencing platforms including clonal amplification, consumables and disposables.System architect of the Sample-to-Insight NGS GeneReader workflow responsible for the design of a universal IVD platform scalable to multiple IVD applications.

Männedorf, ZH, CH

Oversee the system integration of biochemistry assays onto a new consumable and new electrowetting-based liquid-handling platform.

San Diego, CA, US

Technical lead in automating sample preparation for next-generation sequencing technology

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Lead in developing novel platforms for genome-wide RNA interference screens to study host-pathogen interaction
• Co-lead in engineering a field-deployable instrument for the rapid detection of actinides
• Lead scientist for high content analysis platform to study cell signaling pathways

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Developed and built a sensitive and multiplexed microfluidic platform to study the molecular mechanisms of the innate immune response at the single-cell level.
• Designed, coordinated, and implemented mechanical, electronic, software, and advanced system controls enabling fluorescence-activated cell sorting in a microfluidic chip.
• Designed and optimized microfluidic chips using finite-element modeling software for simultaneous flow cytometry and microscopy imaging on cells.
• Oversaw development and fabrication of next-generation cell sorters for portable devices.
• Coordinated efforts within an interdisciplinary team consisting of engineers, scientists, technicians, and management to make timely improvements and meet key development milestones.
• Led a team of DHS-fellowship interns in their summer projects.

Stanford, CA, US

• Built a single-molecule confocal microscope system with computer control and automated real-time statistical data analysis.
• Invented ultra-sensitive spectroscopic techniques enabling the direct probe of enzymatic conformational changes in biological samples.
• Successfully managed the preparation of research funding proposals.
• Supervised an MD/PhD student, and successfully initiated interdisciplinary collaborations with groups in Pharmacology and Biochemistry departments.

Phd, Physical Chemistry

Diploma, Chemical Engineering

Bs, Chemical Engineering

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