Resume

Education____________________________________________________________________

Computer Engineering M.S ............................................................ Fall/2011 - Present
University of California Santa Cruz

Biomolecular Engineering B.S ............................................... Fall/2006 - Summer/2010
University of California Santa Cruz

Experience____________________________________________________________________

Junior Specialist ................................................................. Winter/2011 - Present
Dunbar Dynamics and Control Laboratory
Computer Engineering Department
University of California Santa Cruz

• Develop and run nanopore wet-laboratory experiments for the lab
• Analyze experimental data in MATLAB

Research Assistant ................................................................. Fall/2011 - Winter/2011
Wiberg Laboratory
Electrical Engineering Department
University of California Santa Cruz

• Used MATLAB and Mathematica to assist in large linear dynamical system equation algebra and run simulations of extended kalman filter parameter estimator
• Assisted in writing the paper in Latex for the professor

Research Assistant .............................................................. Fall/2008 - Spring/2010
Bhalla Laboratory
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Department
University of California Santa Cruz

• Designed and developed fusion proteins through a multisite cloning technique and reintroduced the plasmids into C. Elegans via microinjection
• Applied techniques such as agarose gel electrophoresis, PCR, DNA minipreps, microinjection, enzyme digests, primer design and bacterial transformations
• Created and presented research with powerpoint presentations to laboratory staff

Skills____________________________________________________________________

• Programming Languages: Java - 3 years, MATLAB - 4 years, C - 2 years, Latex - 3 years
• Software: Adobe Photoshop - 5 years, Adobe Illustrator - 5 years
• Misc: Jazz Pianist, Illustration, UCSC Ultimate Frisbee Team