Athens, Georgia, United States
Experienced medical device professional with a proven track record and passion to solve engineering problems. Ability to generate and implement feasible timelines along with working in cross functional teams. Green Card holder. Do not require work authorization. Specialties: DOE 3D Rapid prototyping RCA & CAPA Polymer science Tissue engineering Biomaterials Imaging - Scanning Electron Microscopy - Fluorescence microscopy Mechanical testing - Microindentation - mechanical test systems NMR spectroscopy Programming & software - SolidWorks - Minitab - MATLAB - C
• Designed, built, and tested new surface analysis equipment and fixtures in a laboratory setting for contact lenses. • Developed new methodologies, materials, and processes for contact lens device development. • Developed and implemented devices and processes for automating fabrication of multi-component contact lens. • Assessed contact lens surfaces to support contact lens projects, commercial claims, and communicated technical results to project directors. • Authored and implemented device and process SOPs. • Documented experimental results in appropriate formats (Electronic lab notebook, memo, invention disclosures, and reports). • Authored and presented scientific work at clinical conferences.
• Developed and optimized Alginate biopolymer based micro encapsulation technology towards a xenotransplant therapy for type-I diabetes. • Ensured process development to GLP/GMP-like production standards and quality control system under the guidance of QA director. • Authored and followed SOP’s and protocols towards product manufacturing and characterization. • Supported the Chief Scientific Officer for the pre-clinical development activities and ensured alignment with project strategy and deliverables as well as with regulatory and therapeutic guidelines towards IND submission. • Assisted the pre-clinical development team in designing and execution of pre-clinical animal studies (Rodent & NHP). • Provided guidance to and mentored junior staff, and supervised the activities of other personnel and provided guidance and regular feedback on performance to facilitate career development. • Coordinated with external partners including academic investigators, clinicians, other companies, as well as with internal partners in the organization (other business units), researchers, and design engineers on projects. • Co-authored JDRF and NIH grants targeted towards specific type-I diabetes RFA’s. • Completed GLP course offered by University of California at San Diego.
The goal of my research is to fabricate and characterize crosslinked hydrogels based on Hyaluronic acid (HA) for potential use as tissue engineering scaffolds to enhance axonal regeneration. The concept involves exploiting and tuning the natural long molecular chain properties of HA to create a gel that is able to perform work on axonal ends attached to the gel to elicit a stretch growth response from the axons.
Teaching assistant assigned to the faculty at LC Smith College of engineering for an undergraduate/graduate level course introducing the fundamentals of biomaterials and medical devices (BEN 468/668). This course is designed to be an introduction to the field of biomaterials and medical devices dealing with the basic materials science of metals, ceramics, polymers, and biological materials used in medical applications.
Teaching assistant assigned to the faculty at LC Smith College of engineering for an undergraduate level course introducing fundamentals of mass and energy balances (BEN 231). The goal is to provide future bio-engineers an introduction to the engineering approach of solving problems related to complex biological and chemical systems.
Performed research towards Master's Degree in Bioengineering. Project goal was to develop and characterize tunable crosslinked polyacrylamide based hydrogels with gradient in surface elastic modulus to assess neurite growth behavior of activated pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells.
worked on designing and development of a "3-channel single supply holter monitor" . Designed with a colleague the instrumentation and graphical user interface software for the holter monitor under the guidance of Dr. G D Jindal at the Biomedical Instrumentation division, ModLabs, BARC