Work with thought leaders and academic experts from University of Connecticut

Associate Research Scientist / June, 2021 — September, 2022

Wet lab research and teaching Molecular and Cell Biology in MD program

Assistant Professor / July, 2004 — June, 2021

Wet lab research and teaching Molecular and Cell Biology in MD program

Post-doctoral Research Associate / June, 1994 — June, 2004

Wet lab research and teaching Molecular and Cell Biology in MS program

Visiting Associate / April, 1992 — June, 1994

Wet lab research in Neurophysiology

Visiting Professor / January, 1992 — April, 1992

Wet lab research and teaching Molecular and Cell Biology in PhD program

Professor / July, 2018 — Present

Elihu Professor of Biostatistics / July, 2018 — Present

Elihu Associate Professor of Biostatistics / July, 2017 — June, 2018

Associate Professor / July, 2013 — June, 2018

Associate Professor / July, 2013 — June, 2017

Assistant Professor / July, 2006 — June, 2013

Assistant Professor / August, 2004 — May, 2006

Teacher / September, 1994 — June, 1997

Professor / 2013 — Present

Biostatistician / July — Present

Antimicrobial drug-susceptibility & clinical trial data analysis in R.

Lead Computational Biologist / July, 2022 — December, 2023

Bioinformatics pipeline design and development. Analysis of large sequencing data sets. Scientific project development.

Research Professional / May, 2023 — Present

NGS data analysis, statistics, publication of results, graduate student mentoring.

Staff Bioinformatician / January, 2022 — May, 2023

Provide university researchers with expertise and advice in experimental design and sample collection, data analysis and bioinformatics.

Postdoctoral Fellow / May, 2020 — May, 2023

Sample collection & processing, meta-omics analyses, statistical analyses, dissemination of results to audiences of varying skill levels.

Postdoctoral Research Associate / May, 2017 — May, 2020

Project design and execution, amplicon and meta-omics analyses, statistics, publication of results, lab management, graduate student mentoring

Graduate Assistantship / January, 2019 — Present

- Mentor and train undergraduate students in research-oriented laboratory skills, scientific paper analysis and composition, ideation for senior designs/ research funding. - Generate protocols for laboratory in molecular biology such as RNA isolation, rt-PCR. - Provide training and maintain equipment such as Nanodrop, HPLC - Academic writing: Research and review papers, animal protocols, grant proposals, patent applications - Collaborate with laboratory members across multiple laboratories and biomedical research projects - Coordinate adherence to chemical and laboratory safety protocols

PHD Student / January, 2019 — Present

Project 1: Treating osteoarthritis and regenerating cartilage using fabricating injectable and biodegradable piezoelectric hydrogel from electrospun nano-fibers Poly-L-lactic acid. - Evaluate using molecular biology such as rt-PCR, ELISA, immunohistology, Alcian blue staining, uCT - Induces 95% cartilage healing after 2 months with 90% mechanical strength compared to native cartilage. - The project was published in Nature Communications in 2023 and was the top 25 most downloaded and read paper in the journal that year and a patent is pending. Project 2: Develop and optimize thermostable mRNA lipid NPs and liposomes and fabricate nano-formulation-loaded microneedle patches for vaccines to improve stability for up to 6 months at room temperature and reduce needle-phobia.

Independent Subcontractor / October, 2023 — Present

Program evaluator role to create and facilitate interviews with top youth mobile crisis program directors and survey to providers across the state of Connecticut to assess the interest, preference and readiness of implementing a technology platform for geolocation tracking and real-time appointment scheduling. Lead discussions with platform technology companies through technical demonstrations and created a technical report of all findings to be presented to the Department of Children and Families.

T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow / August, 2021 — Present

NIH-supported T32 postdoctoral fellow at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, Department of Psychiatry. Trained in the design and execution of community-based psychosocial clinical trial research focused on adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Specifically examined treatment seeking beliefs among adolescents and their caregivers presenting to the mobile response stabilization services to modify treatment seeking behaviors.

Graduate Assistant / August, 2017 — August, 2021

As a graduate assistant for four years at the University of Connecticut, I worked on seven distinct projects under 6 senior mentors. Orchestrated data collection, management and analysis of electronic health records, coding of semi-structured interviews, and longitudinal self-report data spanning six months to eight years . Led manuscript conceptualization and preparation resulting in 21 talks/posters at national and international conferences, 17 publications and 15 technical reports and white papers

Marriage and Family Therapist / August, 2017 — June, 2021

• Child outpatient services therapist, providing services to youth with mental and behavioral health diagnoses and their contextual family systems via in-person or telehealth sessions