A passionate and adaptable scientist with broad research experiences focused on development and management of effective strategies for the discovery, characterization, and commercialization of novel disease control solutions from agriculture to pharmaceutical applications.
- Lead and implemented team orientated laboratory, field research, internal and external research projects in academic, governmental, and industry settings
- Strain sourcing, gap analysis, and portfolio management as a lead negotiator and scientist in technology sourcing and external research & development
- Experienced as a supervisor, project lead, technical lead, core team member, and contracting officers representative
- New product development, life cycle maintenance, accelerated aging, fermentation, formulation, on-seed, and shelf-life stability
- Development of agriculturally focused fungal and bacterial isolation pipelines for taxonomy, risk assessment, nomination, and quality control
- Experienced molecular biologist (DNA, RNA, RNAi, PCR, protoplast fusions, homologous recombination, biolistic transformations, MLST analysis, CGH, and whole genome sequencing)
- Familiarity with protein synthesis, structural biology, 2-D protein gels, MALDI-TOF, HPLC, LC/MS and GC/MS
- Light microscopy, electron microscopy (TEM, SEM, Cryo, HVEM), fluorescent microscopy, 2-D image analysis and 3-D assembly
- Applied experience in infection models of plants, insects, animals, cell lines, tissue analysis, and histopathology
