Experience: Cell Culture, Protein Biochemistry, DNA Modification, Gene
Editing, Molecular Cloning, Immune Modification and Assessment, Tissue Engineering, VSMC, and EC Biology, Stem Cell Biology, iPSC Technology, qPCR, Immunofluorescence and Histology, Mechanical Measurements of Engineered Tissue.
Highlights: ABRCMS Presentation Award (2015), UCLA Dunn Award for Excellence in Biochemistry (2016), Yale University Gruber Science Fellowship (2017), NIH F31 Fellowship (2019)
Favorite Alt Biotech Innovation: I believe the human acellular vessel (HAV) designed by Humacyte is the most exciting innovation in biotech for a very long time. This new therapy, while simple, is opening the floodgates for future bioengineered technologies that are going to address the leading cause of death worldwide: cardiovascular disease. That's wild!
Interesting facts: I come from a giant family, with six brothers and two sisters. Also, we all have black belts in karate. Maybe these two things are linked?