Co-founder @ - Using quantitative approaches to target inflammatory disorders and find new treatments for challenging neurological and metabolic conditions from ALS to Cystic Fibrosis complications. - We have a portfolio of therapeutics, delivery devices and diagnostic tools to offer a full treatment solution. From October 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) BostonCo-Founder @ - Co founded a drug development company in New Mexico - Developed novel therapeutics (US utility patent US20130273026) to treat metabolic diseases, specifically targeting Type 1 Diabetes - Successfully demonstrated proof of concept in vitro, and through two rounds of animal trials - Company was award Venture Acceleration Fund Grant through Los Alamos for animal trials From 2011 to 2013 (2 years) Santa Fe, New MexicoSenior Thesis Researcher @ - Completed a senior honors thesis under the guidance of Donniell Fishkind in the Applied Mathematics Department at JHU. - Thesis focused on stochastic path minimization with special applications towards army research - Thesis worked involved both theoretical derivations as well as computational analysis From 2010 to 2011 (1 year) BaltimoreUndergraduate Researcher @ - Conducted independent research in the field of metabolic oligosaccharide engineering to develop novel sugar drugs for cancer therapy. - Studied effects of carbohydrates effect on biophysical properties of the membrane - Self-taught properties of stochastic processes and other quantitative analyses in relation to molecular modeling. Modeling served as the basis of a NSF grant received - Planned and executed organic synthesis of non-natural carbohydrates to test for biological activity. - Work culminated in peer reviewed publication and various conference publications From 2008 to 2011 (3 years) Johns Hopkins UniversityDesign Team Leader @ - Led a Biomedical engineering research and design project of a team of 10 people for Bioactive Surgical Inc that focused on delivering biologics efficiently to the site of repair in a rotator cuff model. Provided hands on technical design. - Interfaced with CEO and Chairman directly as well as with Union Memorial Hospital Surgeons. - Planned, staffed and directed the project in addition to providing detailed technical design and direction - Proved concept of design in vitro for the company - Secured a grant from Union Memorial Hospital to conduct animal trials on our solution From 2009 to 2010 (1 year) BaltimoreUndergraduate Researcher @ - Worked as a summer intern under the supervision of Larry Keefer - Examined various biological pathways to determine the mechanisms of various nitric oxide pro-drugs From June 2009 to August 2009 (3 months) Frederick, MDHigh School Researcher @ - Proposed models and performed numerical analysis in Matlab work on precisely controlling flow of anti-cancer nano-particles in the blood stream using magnetism as a control vehicle under the guidance of Professor Furlani - Won various national awards for research including being named semifinalist for both the Intel Science Talent Search and Siemens Westinghouse Research Competition From 2005 to 2007 (2 years)

PhD, Bioengineering @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 2011 to 2016 Bachelor's Degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Applied Mathematics And Statistics @ The Johns Hopkins University From 2007 to 2011 High School @ HTHS