Experience

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  4-h

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2014

  Advanced veterinary clinic and goat club member

  First-hand experience with exotic, domestic, and farm animals in and out of veterinary settings and assisted with general care, blood drawing, inoculations, etc. of large and small farm animals.

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  Quakertown veterinary clinic

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  Shadowing student

  Shadowed and assisted a local large animal vet for over 100 hours in daily veterinary tasks including bovine surgeries, swine neutering and spaying, euthanizations, small ruminant blood collection and inoculation, and exotic animal check-ups such as miniature llama and emu.

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  Aark wildlife rehabilitation and education center

  Jun 2015 - Mar 2021

  A Wildlife Educator is given the opportunity to work with and train a variety of education animals at the clinic, including but not limited to raptors, opossums, and passerine birds. Bird of prey handling involves specific training, learning falconry techniques, and managing animal welfare during Open House events and education presentations. The Wildlife Educator position involved Aark Wildlife Summer Camps through the Education Center to teach children from the ages of 5-18 about local wildlife, environmental conservation, and nature preservation in conjunction with the Valley Youth House. Show less

  • Wildlife Technician

    Apr 2014 - Mar 2021

  • Wildlife Educator

    Jun 2015 - Sept 2018
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  Delaware valley university

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  Genetics laboratory assistant

  Assisted in the laboratory equipment set up for general genetics laboratory experiments such as DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis, and culturing of C. elegans.

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  Virgin islands environmental resource station (viers)

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  Volunteer

  Worked in general maintenance projects, preservation of the resource station and research laboratory, and the surrounding environment. Hospitality work included preparing meals for up to 60 visitors and eco-tourists at camp, providing tours of the Tektite Museum, managing guest happiness, and education.

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  Friends of virgin islands national park

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  Volunteer

  Worked in collaboration with the National Park in beach cleanups and environmental preservation through mongoose population control and data collection for researchers to monitor mongoose diet composition.

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  Delaware valley university

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2017

  Organizing and facilitating laboratory equipment preparation, maintenance, chemical organization and stock, and mixing needed chemicals or enzymes for the General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry Laboratories. Offers a one hour Organic Chemistry class twice a week covering material mandated by the department faculty member under which I work to give additional instruction, reinforce concepts, review problems, and provide study preparation. Provide additional tutoring throughout the semester during midterms and finals in the fields of General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biology. Assisted in making proper media, identification, and culturing of Paenibacillus for honey bee phage therapy to prevent colony illness and collapse. Identified, sexed, and collected samples from local Pennsylvanian Passeriformes using sterile techniques to assist in a qPCR Assay for fecal sex determination of wild avians. Assisted a professor with research on specific plant growth promoting bacteria found in lawns and the effects of increased bacterial concentrations in relation to urea degrading ability of the bacteria in hopes to prevent grass death in lawns. Aided in the preparation of media, bacterial isolation, protocol planning, and culturing of various skin micro-biome bacteria such as Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, and Propionibacterium and the effects of various forms of sunscreen on our skin's natural bacteria.

  • Laboratory Assistant

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Supplemental Instructor

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Academic Tutor

    Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Microbiology Research Assistant

    Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

  • Biology Research Assistant

    Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  • Urea Degrading Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Research Assistant

    Sept 2016 - Nov 2016

  • Dermatology Research Assistant

    Sept 2016 - Nov 2016
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  Maryland sea grant

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  2017 maryland seagrant reu fellow

  Worked under the mentorship of Dr. Sairah Malkin conducting research on the biogeography of sulfide oxidizing bacteria in a tidal sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. Worked on fine-tuning a DSB fluorescence in situ hybridization protocol specific for the bacteria of interest. I gained experience in proper laboratory and field sampling techniques and analyses working with Desulfobulbacea and Beggiatoa as well as conducting various geochemical analyses such as solid phase sediment sampling, porosity, sediment porewater analyses, and DNA extraction for 16s rRNA microbial diversity gene sequencing. I also independently refined techniques in DSB FISH probes for cable bacteria as well as maintaining proper documentation of independent work for graduate students to replicate in the future. Show less

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  Charles river laboratories

  Sept 2018 - Mar 2021

  At the Horsham location, we specialize in developmental and reproductive toxicology for pharmaceuticals as a contract research organization. Primarily working with rabbits, mice, and rats as models; I am trained in a variety of dose administration techniques including: rabbit/rodent gavage, mouse/rat IV, neonatal mouse IV, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, and intramuscular as well as training in intracerebral ventricular dose administration in neonatal mice. For sample collections, jugular and vena cava blood collections are common, as well as medial auricular artery blood collections in rabbits. As a technician at Charles River, one gains a variety of unique skills as well, such as milk collection, social interaction behavior testing, Morris Water Maze testing, serum and whole blood processing, estrous smear, and the opportunity to be cross-trained in necropsy techniques. Show less

  • QC Research Associate

    Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Research Technician II

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2020
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  Quest diagnostics

  Mar 2021 - Aug 2022

  Physician account manager

  The duties and responsibilities of a physician account manager include educating clients on diagnostic testing updates and changes, managing requests that include, but are not limited to, billing requests, account modifications, supplies, and technical education. This role requires strong collaboration skills with coworkers and specialists on my team, clear communication with a people with a variety of clinical knowledge, and a plethora of organization and skills to work independently.

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  Christianacare gene editing institute

  Sept 2022 - Jul 2024

  Scientist & in vivo operations manager

  As a Scientist at the Gene Editing Institute, I will be utilizing both my in vivo an in vitro skills to contribute to the team's current drug pipeline in the pre-Investigational New Drug (IND) phase. The In Vivo Gene Editing Group's focus is on oncology targets and optimization of delivery vectors into specific tissues. Additionally, the In Vivo Team specifically is also investigating ways in which to optimize gene editing in vivo. While also being a key member of the in vitro team in R&D, I Manager In Vivo Operations for the current animal model colony as well as breeding operations. Show less

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  Iovance biotherapeutics, inc.

  Aug 2024 - now

  Quality control specialist, external operations