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

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”