• An accomplished scientist with 6+ years’ experience in utilizing molecular biology and bioinformatic tools, in biology and biomedical research.
• Over 6 years’ experience in analyzing NGS data for publication in high impact journals in metagenomics, oncology and diabetes using python, R, open-source bioinformatics servers and high-performance computing clusters (HPCs).
• Developed the first insulin producing taste organoid system as a potential therapeutic for Type I diabetes.
• Striving to bring greater optimization, reliability, and reproducibility to the culture, maintenance, and differentiation of hiPSCs using a high-throughput automated cell culture system based on Hamilton Microlab VANTAGE automated multimodal reagent dispenser platform, thus producing efficient and reproducible workflows.