INDUSTRY SKILLS
INDUSTRY SKILLS
Team management with weekly, quarterly and yearly goal setting
Strong market research to define customer needs and development strategy
Daily experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
Creative problem solving for high-risk research projects
Excellent communication extending to various stakeholders, external collaborations or company executives
Statistics and scientific illustrations to drive home data, both internally and externally
2020, PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences (Joint PhD)
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 🇨🇦
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
2016, MSc, Biochemistry
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
2014, BSc, Biochemistry
Denison University, Granville, OH, USA 🇺🇸
WORK EXPERIENCE
Product Development Scientist, R&D - Sept. 2020 - Present
Cytiva Nanomedicine | Vancouver, BC, Canada
Senior Scientist, Product Development | April 2023 – Present
Involved in product roadmap sessions to ensure long-term growth
Aligned a team of 8 (incl. up to 3 direct reports) to execute critical tasks and successfully meet development deadlines
Used ”Agile” / sprint-based development for faster research output in R&D
Inventor of novel LNP-based delivery technologies. Well-versed in patent claims crafting and forward-thinking experiment designs.
Scientist II, Product Development | Jan. 2022 – April 2023
Developed and launched a new LNP products for primary T cells and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)
Regularly updated leadership with development progress
Full involvement in the product lifecycle, such as customer requirement to product requirement setting, risk assessments, failure analyses (P/FMEA), SOP generation and tech transfer from R&D to QC and Manufacturing
Scientist I, Product Development | Sept. 2020 – Jan. 2022
Led and executed scientific development of LNP formulations, gene editing and cell culture integration of primary immune cells and cell lines
DoE-based formulation development
Postdoctoral Fellow - Mar. 2020 – Aug. 2020
University of Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Denmark
Novel investigation of microfluidic designs for nanoparticle production. Designed, fabricated, and evaluated microfluidic devices
Led several external collaborations
Cell Therapy and Gene Editing
Primary cell culture of T cells and CD34+ HSCs • culture of relevant target cell lines • guide RNA designs • HDR donor designs • mRNA and RNP gene editing • flow cytometry gating and analysis
Lipid Nanoparticles
Formulations for cell-type specific delivery • DoE optimizations • accelerated aging studies • LNP characterization • radioisotope labeling • PET/SPECT-CT quantification and analysis
General Wetlab Skills
Mol. Bio.: gel electrophoresis (PAGE and agarose), Western/Northern-blot • PCR pimer design and analysis (inc. real-time quantitative)
Microscopy: Fluorescence and confocal • SEM/TEM
Engineering: CAD/CAM designs • CNC milling/machining • 3D printing • microfluidic chip fabrication • microfluidic chip surface modification
Software Stack
Benchling • FlowJo • GraphPad Prism • AutoDesk • Adobe Illustrator
DISSERTATION AND THESES
Doctorate Dissertation (2020): “Design and Fabrication of Solvent Compatible Polymer Microfluidic Chips and its Application to Particle Production and Drug Delivery” (link to UBC's dissertation hub)
Master's Thesis (2016): “Structural characterization of DNA-templated silver nanoclusters”
Undergraduate Thesis (2014): “Development of a highly sensitive chip-based assay for the early detection of kidney damage and pancreatic cancer”
PhD Thesis
Master's Thesis