About Me
Research scientist at Duke University Medical Center with experience in microbiology, molecular genetics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics. Background includes research on Aspergillus fumigatus, Toxoplasma go…
Research scientist at Duke University Medical Center with experience in microbiology, molecular genetics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics. Background includes research on Aspergillus fumigatus, Toxoplasma gondii, and human amyloidosis, along with teaching, mentoring, safety officer, and editorial roles.
Experience
Research Scientist
Department of Neurology and Pathology
Chiba-Falek Laboratory
Research focus – Transcriptomics and epigenomics
Genetic and epigenetic bases for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and dementia with Lewy bodies
Research Scientist
• Experimental conceptualization, design and development
• Led laboratory bioinformatics research team
• Advisor for laboratory research focus and direction
• Nuclei preparation from frozen human and mouse brain tissue samples
• Conduction of parallel single nucleus RNA-seq and ATAC-seq experiments
• Processing of transcriptomic and epigenomic datasets
• Data analysis using R programming language in conjunction with bioinformatic software packages and applications including Seurat, Signac, Metascape, Cytoscape etc.
• Scientific manuscript preparation, editing and peer-review
• Grant proposal writing and laboratory budgeting
• Supervision and mentoring of graduate students and technicians
• Oral and visual presentation of scientific research
• Created written research progress reports to principal investigator
• Laboratory chemical hygiene safety officer
Graduate student mentor
Laboratory chemical hygiene safety officer
Research Scientist
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Steinbach Laboratory
Research focus – Proteomics
Protein kinase A regulation of Aspergillus fumigatus pathogenesis
Review editor
Supervisor to laboratory assistant
Research Associate
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Steinbach Laboratory
Research focus – Proteomics
Protein kinase A regulation of Aspergillus fumigatus pathogenesis
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Steinbach Laboratory
Research focus – Proteomics
Protein kinase A regulation of Aspergillus fumigatus pathogenesis
Lab instructor/ Teaching assistant
Microbiology 493 – Advanced Microbiology
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
Department of Microbiology
Su Laboratory
Research focus – Population genetics
Toxoplasma gondii global population structure and patterns of virulence
Graduate student mentor to undergraduate students/visiting scholars
Lab instructor/ Teaching assistant
Microbiology 201 – Introduction to Microbiology
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology
Keller Laboratory
Research focus – Molecular genetics
Epigenetic regulation of secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans
Teaching assistant
Topics in Plant Pathology
Research Assistant
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Solomon Laboratory
Research focus – Human amyloidosis
Research Assistant
Center for Environmental Biotechnology
Sayler Laboratory
Research focus – Development of molecular methods for detection of bacterial water supply contamination