An established PhD research leader with 15 years of experience in the life sciences and diagnostics industries. Strong expertise in developing innovative PCR assays for oncology and infectious diseases diagnostics. Possessing post-doctoral training in cell-based assay development and high throughput screening for target identification and drug discovery. Academic background in signaling pathways that involve cancer, neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases. Effective, productive management style to reach shared business goals and objectives. Well versed in the following areas: -Serving as a member of the extended research and development leadership team to support strategic planning initiatives. -Defining and executing experimental plans and protocols. Assuming responsibility for timely completion of activities. -Conducting in-depth analysis and interpretation of experimental data, generating comprehensive summaries, and supporting technical documents, including detailed protocols and reports and communicating progress to stakeholders. -Promoting innovation while adhering to internal and external guidelines and regulatory measures. -Working in a highly cross-functional, fast-paced environment to closely collaborate with business, scientific and medical affairs, legal, engineering, bioinformatics and other R&D teams. -Working with CROs. -Validation testing for hardware instrumentation, reagents and consumables for PCR and transfection. -Serving as subject matter expert for digital PCR.