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• A creative and highly motivated Ph.D. scientist with over twelve years of experience conducting molecular and cellular biology based research. • Expert in the fields of Immunology and Virology. • Extensive experience in developing cell and biochemistry based assays. • Demonstrated leadership ability and the ability to work as a part of a highly effective team. • Possesses excellent written and oral communication skills. Specialties: Immunology, Virology, HIV, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, FACS, Cell and Biochemistry Based Assay Development, MicroscopyResearch Associate @ From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ I am currently using multi-parameter flow cytometry and transcriptome analysis to determine the effect of HIV-1 infection on the immune cells within the lung. From February 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) Greater Denver AreaPostdoctoral Fellow @ Mentor: Nathaniel Landau • Awarded a Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship • Developed multiple innovative cell-based assays that were used to study the host-pathogen interactions involved in HIV-1 uncoating and lentivirus nuclear import. • Collaborated with a group of scientists to discover the mechanisms of infection restriction by SAMHD1 and the viral escape mechanism used to counteract it. •Led a collaboration with a junior graduate student to successfully engineer a chimeric protein using a rational design approach. •Mentored and supervised three different technicians, an undergraduate student and a junior graduate student From August 2007 to June 2013 (5 years 11 months) Postdoctoral Researcher @ • Led a research project that successfully discover the identity of a key regulator of an important immune molecule. • Mentored and supervised the work of a junior graduate student and two rotation students. From May 2006 to July 2007 (1 year 3 months) Graduate Student Researcher @ Mentor: William Sha • Developed multiple cell-based assays and immuno-assays to study immune molecules and immune cell functions. • Collaborated with a senior graduate student to develop an innovative adenovirus and retrovirus based system to rapidly screen cDNA libraries for gene function. • Trained, mentored and supervised three rotation students and three undergraduate students. From August 2000 to May 2006 (5 years 10 months) Undergraduate Researcher @ • Identified chaperone proteins that stabilized class I MHC in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum using a yeast based pulse-chase assay. From March 1999 to August 2000 (1 year 6 months) Summer Undergraduate Researcher @ • Identified HIV-1 positive human hemophiliac serum that contained cross-reactive antibodies to theV1/V2 hypervariable loop of HIV-1 gp120 using an ELISA assay. From June 1999 to August 1999 (3 months) Ph.D., Immunology @ University of California, Berkeley From 2000 to 2006 BA, Molecular Biology @ University of California, Santa Cruz From 1996 to 2000 Eric Ph.D. is skilled in: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell, Virology, Immunology, ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology, PCR, PowerPoint, Oral Communications, Cell Based Assays, Tissue Culture, Molecular Cloning