Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Professional Experience: Dec 2012-present TITLE: Research Associate IV / Lab Manager Dept. of Genetics and Genome Sciences Case Western Reserve University PROJECT: Re-programming of stem cells and differentiation of those cells into neural cells as a platform for therapuetic testing and myelin disease state studies PI: Paul Tesar, PhD Aug 2011-Dec 2012 TITLE: Research Associate IV Dept. of Neurosciences Case Western Reserve University PROJECT: Therapeutic technologies in the MecP2 model of Rett Syndrome PI: David Katz, PhD Nov 2009-Aug 2011 TITLE: Research Associate IV / Lab Manager Dept of Neuroscience Case Western Reserve University PROJECT: Erythropoitin as a therapuetic in fetal brain hypoxia PI: Shenandoah Robinson, MD
Feb. 2009–Nov. 2009 TITLE: Principal Research Technologist / Lab Supervisor Department of COAG Hematopathology Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH PROJECT: SRC family Kinase signaling in hematopoiesis and hematopathology PI: Andrew Schade, MD; PhD Apr. 2005-Mar. 2008 TITLE: Principal Research Technologist/ Lab Supervisor Department of Neurosciences Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH PROJECT: Cytokine expression associated with hearing loss in noise-exposed mice PI: Keiko Hirose, MD Mar. 2004- Apr. 2005 TITLE: Lead technologist and Lab Manager / Supervisor Department of Biomedical Engineering· Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH PROJECT: Development of Sox 6 conditional knock-outs PI: Veronique Lefebvre, PhD Sept. 1996-Mar. 2004 TITLE: Lead technologist and Lab Manager/ Supervisor Department of Neuroscience · Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH PROJECT: Mapping the mouse Purkinje cell mutant, toppler PI: Wendy B. Macklin, PhD June 1994-Sept. 1996 TITLE: Senior Technologist and Lab Manager / Supervisor Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio PROJECT: Develop clinically useful PCR technologies for testing varied patient populations PI: Debra Leonard, MD Sept. 1993-June 1994 TITLE: Med. Tech. / Research Technologist Microbiology Laboratories / Dept of Clinical Pathology Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio PROJECT: Develop molecular detection methods for CMV (Cytomeglovirus) and HSV (Herpes Simplex virus) in a clinical setting. PI: Belinda Yen-Leiberman, PhD Professional Experience (cont’d): Sept. 1989-Sept. 1993 TITLE: Medical Technologist/ Research Technologist (Lab Supervisor) Dept of Anatomic Pathology / Molecular Path. Laboratory Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio PROJECT: Molecular studies focused on human genital papillomaviruses, particularly HPV16 and 18, and the relationship to carcinoma. PI: Mark H. Stoler, MD