• Research assesses the adverse birth outcomes of malaria infection during pregnancy• Goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying the effects of placental malaria on long-term child development and to discover biomarkers that can predict adverse outcomes

• Helped design syllabus and lecture content for a new online Medical Microbiology undergraduate course for the Department of Molecular Genetics that was launched in Jan 2015• Liaised with teaching and academic professionals at the University of Toronto and Public Health Ontario to solicit input and engage participation

• Completed research-based Ph.D. program aimed to develop new BCG candidate vaccine strains against tuberculosis• Created and established SOPs to launch new Biosafety Level 3 animal facility for vaccine efficacy testing and aerosol infection model of tuberculosis • Extensive knowledge in general microbiology and molecular techniques, with over 5 years of Biosafety Level 3 experience• Excellent technical skills including: DNA and RNA manipulations, protein analysis by immunoblot, cytology from formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissues, subcutaneous injections of mice, exsanguination of mice via cardiac puncture, and mouse handling and tissue collection

• Independently managed weekly 4 hour lab sessions • Engaged students through lectures and demonstrations in bacterial, yeast, and fly genetics • Efficiently managed 10-14 students in an interactive lab, which include marking lab reports and answering student inquiries

• Undergraduate Research Project with Dr. Joseph Lam• Conducted independent project in characterizing a putative amidotransferase, WbpS, in O-antigen biosynthesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide• Attentively performed daily tasks involving PCR, cloning, protein expression and purification to obtain WbpS for biochemical assays and characterization• Contributed to work that was published in Environmental Microbiology