GRADUATE STUDY
Master of Science in Information Technology
Software Engineering · Data & Machine Learning · Human-Centered Systems · Project Operations
University of the People · June 2025 – August 2026
Graduate study covered software engineering, algorithms, databases, operating systems, machine learning, human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, programming languages, and project/program management.
The program extended scientific practice into software engineering and information systems, with recurring emphasis on reproducibility, system behavior, user needs, security, and technical decision-making.
Selected Graduate Work
Software & Algorithms
Python, Java, and Racket; data structures, graph algorithms, heaps, interpreter design, abstract syntax trees, desugaring, SOLID, interfaces/adapters, UML, idempotency, and transaction/concurrency reasoning.
Data, Machine Learning & Systems
Relational design, normalization, indexes, views, constraints, access control, transaction logs, recovery reasoning, operating-system concurrency and resource management, plus hands-on implementations of linear regression, Gaussian Naive Bayes, K-Means, and multilayer perceptrons with attention to evaluation limits.
Human-Centered & Secure Systems
Personas, task analysis, usability, accessibility/WCAG, NASA-TLX, authorized network scanning, Nessus, Zero Trust, incident response, digital evidence, and chain-of-custody reasoning.
Project & Research Operations
Risk ownership, stakeholder communication, budget controls, quality planning, service downtime and queue-backlog analysis, vendor handoffs, go/no-go decisions, accessibility planning, and project/program management.
INDEPENDENT STUDY / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer
Biotechnology · Patents · Research Agreements · Commercialization
March 2023 – June 2025
Mentored, self-directed study covered biotechnology patents and university technology transfer, including sponsored-research, collaboration, material-transfer, and confidentiality agreements, university intellectual-property management, commercialization, and technology evaluation.
Senior Analytical Scientist / Laboratory Manager
Quantitative Proteomics · LC-MS/MS · Multi-Omics · Laboratory Operations
Stanford Medicine · Department of Genetics · March 2016 – April 2022
Developed and optimized high-throughput LC-MS/MS workflows for protein and peptide identification and quantitative proteomics, often carrying collaborator samples from biological material through sample preparation and mass spectrometry acquisition across tissues, cells, biofluids, and stool. Methods included Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) workflows, phosphopeptide enrichment, and protein/PTM profiling.
Operated, maintained, and troubleshot Thermo Scientific Q Exactive, Q Exactive Plus, Orbitrap Fusion, and Orbitrap Fusion Lumos mass spectrometers alongside Waters ACQUITY UPLC H-Class and M-Class systems, including 2D-LC configurations, and Waters 1D-UPLC systems. Used a dedicated Agilent 1260 Infinity HPLC for serum-depletion workflows, developing automated fraction-collection methods and sample sequences and monitoring run quality when collections required troubleshooting. Used Xcalibur and MassLynx for instrument control and data acquisition, Proteome Discoverer for proteomics processing, and Python, R, and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis for downstream analysis. Performed routine preventive maintenance and worked with field-service engineers on instrument issues and service needs.
Trained and advised students, postdoctoral researchers, and staff in experimental design, LC-MS workflows, and data analysis while managing laboratory safety, purchasing, budgets, instrument and service coordination, and vendor relationships.
Laboratory Manager / Researcher
Pathology · Molecular Biology · Behavioral Research · Laboratory Operations
UC Davis Health · Pathology · May 2015 – March 2016
Managed wet-laboratory and Long-Evans behavioral research involving behavioral data analysis, Western blotting, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, ELISA, human and animal tissue handling, tissue processing and sectioning, microscopy, and laboratory operations. Responsibilities also included laboratory safety, inventory, research coordination, and staff and intern training.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, INTERNSHIPS, TEACHING & LEADERSHIP
Undergraduate Research & Technical Foundations
Research Science · Human & Veterinary Health · Education & Policy · Technical Systems · Leadership & Service
University of California, Davis · September 2010 – June 2014
Undergraduate experience at UC Davis spanned research science, human and veterinary health, education and policy, technical systems, and organizational leadership. Those overlapping roles established an early pattern of moving between scientific evidence, real-world workflows, teaching, and responsibility for people and systems.
Selected Undergraduate Roles & Research
Research Science
UC Davis · Department of Evolution & Ecology
Undergraduate Research Assistant / Research Intern · June 2011 – January 2012. Analyzed sage-grouse mate-selection behavior datasets and presented data to postdoctoral and graduate researchers.
UC Davis · Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Undergraduate Research Assistant · January – April 2012. Supported molecular-biology research using PCR, cloning, gel/blotting workflows, and MATLAB/Python with graduate researchers.
UC Davis · School of Veterinary Medicine
Paid Research Assistant · October 2012 – April 2013. Supported feline research in the School of Veterinary Medicine and provided technical assistance for a resulting peer-reviewed veterinary study.
MARBLES · UC Davis MIND Institute / Public Health Sciences
Research Intern · January – April 2013. Supported participant recruitment and screening, study communication, data transcription, journal-club work, and family engagement for longitudinal environmental-health and autism-risk research.
Human & Veterinary Health
Sutter Health
Clinical internship sequence · April 2011 – January 2013. Worked across health-information, oncology, surgery, and cardiac-rehabilitation settings, supporting staff, patient transport, specimen movement, stocking, and patient/family needs across placements.
UC Davis Medical Center
Cardiology Intern · Winter 2012.
UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
Veterinary Cardiology Intern · Fall 2012.
The Willow Clinic / Joan Viteri Memorial Clinic
Undergraduate Liaison · April 2012 – June 2014. Supported patient intake, vitals, rooming, case-presentation workflows, and undergraduate-intern training in a medical-student-run community clinic.
Education & Policy
UC Davis CalTeach/Mathematics and Science Teaching Program (CalTeach/MAST)
September 2010 – June 2014. Taught and tutored high-school Algebra I/II, trigonometry, and AP Calculus and elementary English and mathematics through school placements, including Leonardo da Vinci High School and Fred T. Korematsu Elementary; designed activity-based lessons and instructional materials.
RAND Corporation / UC Davis School of Education
Research Assistant · April – August 2011. Supported statewide education-finance and public-policy research, including surveys and outreach with California school districts and district finance leaders.
UC Davis Ecological Garden / School Gardening
Program Field Learning Demonstration Intern · March – June 2014. Supported school-gardening, environmental education, and experiential-learning activities.
Technical Systems
Early research included MATLAB and Python use with graduate researchers. Molecular & Cellular Biology Club responsibilities later included website, listserv, and social-media coordination as Vice President / Web Coordinator in 2012–2013. Prytanean technical service included website maintenance, presentation materials, and troubleshooting during 2013–2014.
Leadership & Service
Molecular & Cellular Biology Club
Active Member · 2010–2011; Treasurer · 2011–2012; Vice President / Web Coordinator · 2012–2013; President · 2013–2014.
Phi Sigma Pi · Zeta Upsilon Chapter
Founding Class; Fundraising Chair · 2012–2013; Parliamentarian · 2013–2014.
Prytanean Women’s Honor Society
Member · December 2012 – June 2014; Technical and Web Developer · 2013–2014.
Veterinary Aide Club
Member · September 2012 – June 2014.
