Daniel Ku

Experience

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  Biogen

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2017

  Community Lab Worker

  • Utilized lab techniques and equipment like gel electrophoresis, batch affinity chromatography, miniprep, spectrophotography in order to manufacture purified green fluorescent protein starting with DNA for blue fluorescent protein from DH5α E. coli• Synthesized research findings and displayed poster board presentation to panel of three company researchers

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  Walmart

  May 2019 - Jan 2020

  Walmart Associate

  • Stocked 50-60 items on shelves per each shift ranging from 6-8 hours• Promoted to coordinate with 3 colleagues to increase inventory stocking• Increased store efficiency by taking initiative on additional tasks such as organizing carts and labeling inventory

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  Vector Marketing

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Sales Representative

  • Generated over $2,500 worth of Cutco kitchen products to customers• Created 17 sales leads through presenting 90-minute virtual products demos through Zoom• Scheduled 51 demo times alongside managers for a minimum of 10 appointments a week

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  Carolina Engagement Center

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  Student Caller

  • Interacted with over 5,000 alumni to ask for donations to various university institutions and departments• Promoted to highest giving calling pool in less than a month of starting• Earned the university over $50,000 worth of donations

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  Bai Labs

  May 2021 - Dec 2021

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Produced hydrogel matrix solutions for a flexible drug delivery device on open wounds that monitors certain body parameters• Modeled circuits board designs using Auto CAD software and laser cut the designs to fabricate electrical component of device• Soldered LEDs and photodiodes onto circuit board as a receiver to an external power source

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  Walmart

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Online Grocery Shopper

  • Dispensed 80 grocery orders per day to customers for curb-side pickup• Shopped a rate of 100 items per hours for customer orders• Aided customers on the sales floor for merchandise

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  UNC Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  Work Study Laboratory Assistant

  • Performed quality control of HIV specimen via temperature monitoring, equipment maintenance, and preparatory activities for audits• Regulated specimen management by storing them in freezers and processing them per study protocols• Entered specimen related data into data management systems• Assisted in investigating and resolving data queries received from sponsors

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  Legant Lab

  Jan 2022 - Apr 2023

  Undergraduate Researcher and Laboratory Manager

  • Developed automated pipeline via single particle tracking algorithm to measure stiffness of hydrogels in MATLAB• Fabricated various recipes of 184, 527 PDMS substrates to utilize for stiffness measurement tests• Computed in TCL via Hyperworks software a reconstructed FEA simulation of forces enacting on a gel• Imaged cells using a Nikon widefield microscope and measured parameters utilizing MATLAB imaging toolbox• Grew cell cultures in incubators for use by laboratory staff• Ordered laboratory equipment via Quartzy at request of staff• Conducted tissue culture maintenance that help sterilize and ensure quality assurance in laboratory Show less

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  Pfizer

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  CAD Services Intern

  • Utilized an engineering document library, Meridian, to edit and maintain engineering drawings per request by senior engineers• Operated in AUTOCAD to implement engineering drawing change requests• Participated in a large-scale intern project targeting effective methods to address ESG goals at the Sanford site within a team of 8

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  Polyzen, Inc.

  Aug 2023 - now

  Liquid Processing Engineer