Immunologist with 15+ years of work experience in laboratory research and immunology field scholarship. Initiates and leads research projects and discovers new biological processes through experimental design, execution, and problem solving. Disseminates knowledge gained from discoveries through oral presentations and written publications.
• Led multiple research projects on autoimmunity and inflammatory disease.
• Initiated and published a new laboratory research program in the fields of metabolism and immune cell development.
• Wrote and published five peer-reviewed research papers.
• Wrote multiple grant applications and acquired funding for my research.
• Presented data in oral and poster presentations at seminars and scientific conferences.
• Mentored graduate students and postdoctoral trainees on their research projects.
· Designed experiments, generated data, and wrote multiple grant appliactions for several research projects examining the impact of nanoparticles on cancer immunotherapy.
· Designed and performed experiments and managed several research projects on the function of innate immune cells during infectious disease and how to enhance their activity with small molecules.
· Performed experiments in a high containment BSL3 laboratory.
· Wrote multiple grant applications and published nine peer-reviewed research papers.
· Presented data in oral and poster presentations at seminars and scientific conferences.
· Presented lectures to undergraduate students.
Experimental Design
Data collection and analysis
Science communication
Written and oral presentations
Project management
Team management
Mouse models
Cell culture
BSL3/Pathogen training
Flow cytometry
qPCR
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays