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ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER
Professional Summary

Scientific professional with 5+ years of extensive experience in managing and executing multi-disciplinary projects, developing and implementing research protocols, and producing articles and papers. Highly skilled in multitasking and effectively communicating within cross-functional teams. Bringing forth a proven track record of successful collaboration with both academic and industry professionals for achieving continuous improvement.

Skills
  • Project management
  • Scientific writing
  • Strategic planning
  • Assay development
  • Experimental design
  • Content development
  • Web design
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Network development
Employment History
Associate Researcher09/2018 to Current
National Jewish Health – Denver, CO
  • Establish bioengineered models of pulmonary disorder based on physiological mimetic system
  • Implement in-house preparation of materials to reduce cost by an average of $1000 per month while improving workflow efficiency
  • Develop and optimize the system for diagnostic testing and iterative improvement
  • Distill large amounts of information and produce reports, spreadsheets, and documents outlining key details
  • Determine and recommend methods to address improvement opportunities
  • Develop standard operating procedures and document workflows for current and future process steps
Postdoctoral Researcher02/2015 to 08/2018
University Of Colorado – Aurora, CO
  • Successfully secured NIH grant for over $1.5M by collaborating and pioneering “microbial metabolism project”
  • Led project team to build first of its kind method to determine ionic balance in a live in-vitro infection model in collaboration with researchers from Ohio
  • Worked closely with Imaging and Cytometry Core to optimize spectroscopic output from the live-cell infection model
  • Conducted and analyzed multiple high-throughput data in partnership with industry
  • Disseminated research findings to various personnel in different formats, including journal articles, presentations, and spreadsheets
PhD Candidate08/2008 to 03/2014
Indian Institute Of Science – Bengaluru, India
  • Demonstrated scientific creativity, collaboration, and time management by successfully completing three projects, leading to 5 publications
  • Presented various projects at international symposiums, departmental retreats, lab meetings, and journal clubs
  • Trained and mentored new staff to achieve efficiency and maintain daily operational consistency
  • Partnered with senior researchers to conduct microbiological studies which led to development of novel understandings in infection biology
  • Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations
Science Communication

Wrote and published 3first-author articles

  • Salmonella methylglyoxal detoxification by STM3117 encoded Lactoylglutathione lyase affects virulence in Coordination with SPI-2 and Phagosomal acidification and developed content in secondary author publications. Microbiology, 2014
  • Lactoylglutathione lyase, a critical enzyme in methylglyoxal detoxification, contributes to survival of Salmonella in the nutrient-rich environment. Virulence, 2015
  • Cells producing their own nemesis: Understanding methylglyoxal metabolism. IUBMB Life, 2014

Developed content as a secondary author in 3 publications

  • Division of the Salmonella-containing vacuole and depletion of acidic lysosomes in Salmonella-infected host cells are novel strategies of Salmonella to avoid lysosomes. 3rd author, Infection & Immunity, 2010
  • Lac repressor is an antivirulence factor of Salmonella: its role in the evolution of virulence in Salmonella. 4th author, Plos One, 2009
  • Zinc-dependent substrate-level phosphorylation powers Salmonella growth under nitrosative stress of the innate host response. 4th author, Plos Pathogens, 2018

Other

  • Assisted PI with the writing of NIH RO1 grant (NIH AI136520). Molecular determinants of oxidative stress in Salmonella pathogenesis. $432,090. 2019
  • Coordinated and conducted the education, training, and management of STEM students in an outreach program.
  • Scheduled meetings and prepared agendas as a member of CU Anschutz postdoctoral association.
  • Evaluated, graded and supervised high school science projects from the Denver metro area.
Content Development & Social Media
  • Webdesign, content creation and formatting via content management system (CMS), WordPress
  • Utilize digital image processing software (Photoshop, Lightroom, GIMP, Adobe Raw) to develop content.
  • Implement social media strategies and SEO to create an Internet presence.
  • Analyze data from website traffic (Google Analytics) and interpret results.
  • Identify and achieve branding and marketing goals to push the website forward.
Education
Master of Science: Biochemistry06/2008Madurai Kamaraj University- India
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • National Jewish Health
  • University Of Colorado
  • Indian Institute Of Science

School Attended

  • Madurai Kamaraj University

Job Titles Held:

  • Associate Researcher
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
  • PhD Candidate

Degrees

  • Master of Science : Biochemistry 06/2008

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