About
Summary
Experienced Graduate Research Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Strong research professional with hands-on experience in high throughput screening, cellular and molecular assay development, protein-protein interactions, genetic cloning, and protein purification. Proficient in using various robotic fluidic systems to develop high throughput assays (Hamilton MicroLab Star, Mantis, MultiFlo/MultiDrop, AKTA). Hobbies include sports (basketball/volleyball), computer programing, and art.
Positions
PhD Student Jul 2019 -
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Iowa
Graduate student working under Dr. David Roman in the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics. Project focuses on protein-protein interactions that are necessary for triple-negative breast cancer migration. Goals of the project include investigating the role of these proteins in the disease state and discovering small molecule inhibitors via high-throughput screening. Sole student on the project, knowledgeable in developing cellular and biochemical assays for the project.
Education
University of Iowa 2019 -
Field of study: Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics
Degree: PhD
PhD Candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics. Date of expected graduation - Spring 2024
University of Arizona 2017 - 2019
Field of study: Physiology
Degree: B.S.
Bachelor's of Science in Physiology. Graduated with Honors.
Pima Community College 2016 - 2017
Field of study: Liberal Arts, and Science
Degree: A.A. and A.S.
Associate's of Liberal Arts and Associate's of Science. Graduated with honors. Student athlete - Women's Basketball.
Professional interests
Interested in Post Doctoral positions in the realm of drug discovery and development. Ideally looking to broaden current skill set by gaining experience in other areas of drug discovery such as working with animal models, engineering synthetic biology tools, studying fungi or bacteria, and developing new vaccines. Excited to share my skill set of HTS/protein-protein interaction knowledge to any project given to me.
Keywords: Animal model, Bacterial culture, fungi, synthetic biology , vaccinesCV
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