Justin Xu

Experience

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  Helping Hands Children's Therapy Services, Inc.

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Physical Therapy Technician

  • Gained insight into implementation and use of prosthetics and accompanying care required.• Developed strong relationship with patients and family members to ensure effective communication of instructions relevant to patients’ well-being and care.

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  Duke University

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2016

  Nanotechnology Undergraduate Researcher, Glass, Ph.D, Thin Films Lab

  • Awarded Lord Foundation SUUP Grant for Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility undergraduate research.• Trained by SMIF team on electron microscopy, nanometer fabrication, atomic force microscopy, and PVC/CVD.• Produced novel polymer-graphene nano-gated field emitter array with Lead Scientist under DoD grant.• Assembled energy-conservative graphene/metal field emitter array to improve the efficiency of X-ray cathodes.

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  Emory University School of Medicine

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  MRI Machine Learning Research Associate, Hui Mao, Ph.D laboratory

  • Created machine classification code to analyze cancer drug penetration in a variety of organ tissues.• Trained radiologists to interpret multi-spectral images of nanoparticle-stained tissue for drug uptake analysis.• Used MRI diagnostics open-source pattern recognition toolbox in MATLAB to present methods for differentiating various grades of brain tumor progression.

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  Duke University

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  Biophotonics Research Associate, Vo-Dinh Photonics Lab

  • Designed experiments to analyze gold nanomedicine cancer therapy drug to improve detection and absorption.• Trained by Lead Scientist in optical imaging techniques: UV-Vis, Raman spectroscopy, and IR image analysis.• Presented research on effects of pH in altering nanostar spike length and plasmon resonance wavelength in formulation of inverse-molecular sentinel gold nanostar probe.

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  Duke Summer Academy

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Global Research Leader

  • Led international students in electrophysiology, biomechanics, imaging, and tissue engineering labs.• Mentored project teams in design of final research projects and their presentations to Duke BME professors.I was a residential assistant during this time, and through the relationships I developed helping my students both inside and outside of class, I was voted RA of the year and made the focus of a competition-winning leadership project, created by one of my residents.

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  SPR Therapeutics, Inc.

  May 2018 - Dec 2018

  Neurostimulation R&D Internship and Part-Time

  • Supported development of minimally invasive wearable system as non-opioid alternative for chronic pain.• Analyzed nation-wide VA clinical site data to find variables correlating to peripheral nerve stimulation success.• Created analysis code to track clinical study data to streamline R&D process and analyze patient opioid usage.• Shortened prototyping stage of novel high frequency PNS device by analyzing current product specifications.• Reviewed state-wide policy changes in response to opioid crisis and their effects on on-going clinical trials. Show less

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  USPTO

  Dec 2019 - now

  Patent Examiner (Biomedical Engineering)