Mai is a biomedical scientist with +15 years of expertise in in biochemistry, molecular biology & immunology. She has 4 years of experience in biomarker discovery for neurodegenerative diseases and immunoassay design, development and validation. She has strong leadership skills with project/team management expertise. My endeavor goal is to employ my skills/expertise with cross-functional team to move from basic research to translational research in drug discovery & development. Skills: \- Designing & troubleshooting research methodology and executing protocols to achieve the projects’ objectives\. \- Developing corrective and preventive plans and generating and executing the changes\. \- Excellent writing skills with an ability to design scientific protocols as evidenced by securing funds by the Michael J\. Fox Foundation and Partner Therapeutics for Parkinson’s disease research\. \- Excellent presentation skills as demonstrated by participating as a speaker in different scientific meetings/conferences\. Experience: \- Developing and validating screening assays \(qPCR array & MSD singleplex and multiplex assays\) to track the disease progression and therapeutic response in Parkinson’s disease patients treated with an immunomodulator drug \(Sargramostim\)\. \- Goal\-oriented scientist with \+15 years of expertise in the biological evaluation of nanoformulations\, stem cell research\, RNAi\, and immune cell\-disease interactions\, demonstrated by the fulfillment of \+12 projects related to human neurodegenerative\, infectious & cancer diseases\. \- Highly productive scientist and communication expert with an ability to work independently and within a team as evidenced by \+15 peer\-reviewed articles and 2 patents\. \- Proficient in many biochemistry & molecular biology techniques\. Techniques: cell culture \(BSL2/BSL3\)\, qPCR\, ddPCR\, PCR arrays\, western blot\, ELISA\, MSD assay\, flow cytometry\, electroporation\, transfection and animal studies\. \- Familiar with transcriptomics\, proteomics & bioinformatics as well as pathway enrichment analysis using different software \(IPA\, Cytoscape plugin ClueGo and StringApp\)\. Hobbies: Watching the historical movies and Broadway shows, biking & traveling with family.