Experience

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  Nasa - national aeronautics and space administration

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Pathways intern

  • Oversaw the technical engineering operations management by shadowing project managers, rocket test engineers, and thrust measurement system vendors who managed a $40 million project for the testing of the RS-25 rocket engine• Assisted with clerical support on documentation from the past 25 years of projects at SSC to help mitigate risks for project managers by strategizing alternative plans of action• Learned about rocketry and rocket engine propulsion.• Worked on many projects to lead up to Final Poster Presentation Show less

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  The university of texas at san antonio

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Supplemental instructor (si leader)

  • Attended every Chemistry II lecture.• Facilitated weekly study sessions and office hours for students.• Attended weekly SI meetings.

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  The national institutes of health

  Jun 2015 - May 2017

  Marc-u*star research assistant

  Guda Lab (2015 - 2017)Project Title: Maintaining the Pancreatic Cell Niche in 3D Printed Silk Scaffolds• Characterized novel silk, polyvinyl alcohol and xanthum gum (SPAX) scaffolds via SEM, FTIR and flexural testing • Assessed the feasibility of mass production and biocompatibility of SPAX scaffolds • Characterized the viability and genotype of acinar cells after in vitro culture on SPAX scaffolds• Presented at and/or traveled to scientific conferences• Completed an Honor’s Thesis and earned Highest Honor’s from Honor’s CollegeProject Title: Novel Osteogenic Scaffolds with Biomimetic Mineralization for Bone Regeneration• Performed µCT, histological and statistical analyses on rat femurs post-implantation of novel osteogenic scaffolds Project Title: Effect of Calcium based Therapeutics on Successive Fracture Risk following Injury• Analyzed mineral density changes in the murine skeletal system pre- vs post-fracture Show less

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  University of california, san francisco

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Summer research training program (srtp) intern

  Huang Lab (2016)Project Title: CRISPRi Knockdown for Targeted Analysis of Cardiomyocyte Maturation• Demonstrated the effectiveness of lentiviral vectors as carriers of CRISPRi components into human cells• Presented a final poster and oral presentation • Validated the specificity of CRISPRi technology for down-regulating specific genes of interest

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  University of california, berkeley

  Aug 2017 - Apr 2023

  Graduate student researcher

  Joint program with UCSFNational Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow (2017 - 2022)Chancellor's Fellow (2017 - 2020)See below for additional information.

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  Gladstone institutes

  May 2018 - May 2023

  Project manager - graduate student researcher

  • Managed the scope and completion of the project by designing product roadmaps and timelines while ensuring project progresses with proper status reports, documentation, and execution• Used agile methodology to troubleshoot and create in vitro innervated cardiac devices for developmental and drug assays with a large project team across three independent institutions using Notion, from ideation to publication (pending)• Presented scientific work to thought leaders and KOLs at a multitude of seminars, retreats, conferences, and meetings to exchange knowledge• Demonstrated expert scientific communication skills with interpersonal skills in presentations that adapted to different audiences• Exhibited excellent mentoring skills with the ability to help students learn to navigate graduate school while being able to also efficiently communicate complex scientific concepts Show less

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  University of california, san francisco

  Aug 2021 - Apr 2023

  Kutys Lab (2021 - 2023)Project Title: Modeling the Impact of the Autonomic Nervous System on the Development of Human iPSC-Sinoatrial Nodal Cells• Created in vitro innervated cardiac model systems from ideation to publication utilizing agile project management and by facilitating an interdisciplinary team across 3 institutions• Characterized the impacts of innervation on the development of cardiac cells via an immunofluorescent increase in calcium ion channels that are important for normal cardiac electrophysiologyMcDevitt Lab (2018 - 2021)Project Title: Determining the Factors that Promote the Maturation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) derived Sinoatrial Nodal Cells (hPSC-SANs)• Developed a Shox2-reporter line for the identification, quantification and purification of hiPSC-SANs• Assessed the phenotypic and functional changes of hiPSC-SANs that occurs after innervation Show less

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Aug 2017 - Apr 2023

  • Diverse Career Paths Ambassador

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
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  Swiift

  Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Co-founder

  - Leading the market analysis & customer discovery at SWiiFT, a personalized travel platform, aiming to revolutionize how the world travels.- SWiiFT has been accepted into the coveted SkyDeck Pad-13 Program, which has a <2% acceptance rate

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  United therapeutics corporation

  Jan 2024 - Jan 2025

  Research project manager - associate scientist

  - Advancing tissue engineering strategies with pre-clinical pipeline projects to create 3D-printed lung scaffolds in UT's multi-disciplinary Organ Manufacturing Group- Operating large bioreactors to culture and test our bioengineered lungs for scalable manufacturing- Developing and implementing assays to assess lung epithelium formation and maturation from primary and hiPSC-derived cells in different 3D-printed model systems- Optimizing culture conditions for hiPSC-derived endothelial cells cultured on our novel 3D printed inks- Maintaining high level of communication with internal cross-functional R&D team, as well as external collaborators Show less