Hannah Marie Aguilar
Berkeley,CA
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
06.2023 - Current
- Researching the accumulation of somatic mutations in mitochondrial DNA and their tissue-specific impacts during aging.
- Building computational biology skills such as data visualization and analysis, command line (BASH and Mamba), R, statistics, Python, GitHub, SnakeMake, Savio, sequencing (Duplex and long read), and figure generation through being mentored.
Student Assistant at the Flow Cytometry Facility
Flow Cytometry Facility
06.2023 - Current
- Serves as a T.A. for the first accredited FACS (Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting) course, Modern Flow Cytometry: A Practical Approach (MCELLBI 198 204). Responsibilities include training students to run quality control on analyzers.
- Performs instrument maintenance on three Flow Cytometers through running the quality control reagents, calibrating with beads, creating beads, and autoclaving.
Genomics Student Researcher, Internal Director
iGEM@Berkeley
09.2022 - Current
- Coordinates the Mentorship Program, recruits students from underrepresented backgrounds, plans events such as Breaking into the Biosciences, plans the Cal Undergraduate Bioengineering Symposium and the Bay Area Bioengineering Symposium, hosts socials, and promotes a collaborative community
- Conducted extensive literary reviews on topics in genomics and created a project on prediction for the Dengue Virus involving both genetic and environmental variables
Director, Student Researcher
ULAB: Introduction to Computational Biology
09.2022 - Current
- Currently, one of the directors mainly focusing on outreach, mentee support, and logistics.
- Conducted analysis on eleven actin, myosin, and tropin genes associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) with a focus on MYBPC3, TNNT2, and TPM1.
- Created Jupyter notebooks to present data on pathogenic mutations and variants of uncertain significance for each gene using pie charts to illustrate the mutation consequences and frequency charts to highlight common mutation locations .
- Presented research at the Undergraduate Laboratory's Symposium.
Data Verification Research Assitant
Harvard University
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Verified data for a Harvard PhD candidate’s dissertation on Spanish-English bilingualism in young children, conducted linguistic analysis on 60+ Spanish and English transcripts, and checked for errors.
Co-Founder
Youth Latinx Leadership Conference
02.2021 - 01.2023
- Co-founded a twelve-hour cultural and educational event for 210+ students by organizing Latinx Student Unions in the San Gabriel Valley, inviting guest speakers from a diverse range industries, and contacting 1000+ schools in Southern California
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Statistics
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley05.2026
High School Diploma -
Arcadia High School
Arcadia, CA06.2022
Skills
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Data Science
- GitHub
- Jupyter Notebooks
- Ensembl, Clinvar
- Works toward Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Accomplishments
- One of ten students to receive a scholarship to attend the American Planning Association's Federal Planning Division's Annual Training Workshop
- Arcadia High School Salutatorian
- Voces de La Comunidad Finalist for LTX Quest, the largest gathering of Latinx professionals
- Youngest guest speaker in the Adelante Leadership Podcast
- Advanced Placement Scholar Award, Arcadia Scholar Athlete Recipient, Arcadia Rotary Club Student of the Month
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Chinese (Mandarin)
Elementary
Timeline
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of California, Berkeley
06.2023 - Current
Student Assistant at the Flow Cytometry Facility
Flow Cytometry Facility
06.2023 - Current
Genomics Student Researcher, Internal Director
iGEM@Berkeley
09.2022 - Current
Director, Student Researcher
ULAB: Introduction to Computational Biology
09.2022 - Current
Data Verification Research Assitant
Harvard University
06.2021 - 08.2021
Co-Founder
Youth Latinx Leadership Conference
02.2021 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Arts - Statistics
University of California, Berkeley
High School Diploma -
Arcadia High School
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