Steven Pei

Ph.D.-trained biomedical scientist with 5+ years of experience coordinating laboratory operations, supervising and training research personnel, managing supplies and vendors, developing SOPs, supporting regulatory compliance, and conducting hands-on research. Dependable and highly organized, with a proactive approach to keeping laboratory resources well stocked, workflows running smoothly, and research teams working safely and efficiently.

Research Scientist at Harvard Medical School (2024-06 – Present)

• Coordinate day-to-day laboratory activities across multiple research projects, including experimental schedules, personnel, supplies, vendors, outsourced services, and documentation.
• Train and supervise postdoctoral fellows, undergraduate students, interns, and new personnel in laboratory procedures, documentation, safety practices, and research standards.
• Manage purchasing, vendor quotations, inventory, and laboratory supplies to ensure essential materials are available and research activities continue efficiently.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, training materials, experimental procedures, and project records to support consistent laboratory operations and effective onboarding.
• Support IACUC, EHS, and IRB compliance and coordinate with institutional groups, collaborators, and external vendors to address operational and technical needs.
• Identify resource, equipment, and workflow needs proactively; troubleshoot problems and reprioritize activities to keep research operations running smoothly.

Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Medicine (2020-02 – 2024-06)

• Coordinated multidisciplinary research involving six genetically engineered mouse lines, experimental schedules, laboratory resources, sample workflows, collaborators, and project deadlines.
• Trained and mentored undergraduate and junior researchers in laboratory techniques, documentation, troubleshooting, data interpretation, and safe research practices.
• Developed SOPs, training resources, sample-tracking systems, and standardized workflows to improve laboratory organization, reproducibility, and data integrity.
• Coordinated supplies, sample processing, animal studies, and outsourced IHC services while supporting IACUC and institutional compliance.
• Evaluated and implemented experimental methods including TRAP-seq, qPCR, RNAscope, microscopy, histology, protein analysis, and ASO studies.
• Contributed to research identifying Glis2 as an early effector of polycystin-mediated ciliary signaling, published in Nature Communications.

Senior Research Assistant at The University of Hong Kong (2016-01 – 2018-11)

• Coordinated wet-laboratory operations for a rapid whole-exome sequencing program serving critically ill pediatric patients.
• Led DNA library preparation, sample tracking, quality control, troubleshooting, and coordination with clinicians, genetic counselors, scientists, and bioinformaticians.
• Trained research personnel in laboratory procedures, SOPs, quality standards, sample handling, molecular techniques, and safe laboratory practices.
• Supported recruitment and onboarding of Research Assistants and helped manage supplies, inventory, laboratory organization, documentation, and time-sensitive scheduling.
• Performed PCR, gel electrophoresis, ELISA, flow cytometry, cell culture, immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, DNA/RNA workflows, and sequencing.

Ph.D. in Immunobiology – The University of Hong Kong (2013 – 2017)

M.Phil. in Molecular Biology – The University of Hong Kong (2009 – 2012)

B.Sc. in Chemistry/Biochemistry – The University of Hong Kong (2006 – 2009)