Education

Brief overview of my educational history in both my undergraduate and graduate degree

Key Graduate Courses

Important Educational Courses Completed Over my Masters Degree

BIT 510

Core Technologies in Recombinant DNA. Laboratory focused course to develop basic techniques in DNA cloning, protein expression in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems, and protein purification

MBA 576

Technology Commercialization. An MBA course focused on developing existing NC State technologies into commercial products.

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MB 714

Microbial Metabolic Regulation. In-depth examination of microbial physiology and regulation. Focused on prokaryotes including bacteria and archaea

MBA 545

Decision Making Under Uncertainty. Course focused on statistical analysis tools for risk analysis. Practice building excel spreadsheets and uploading and analyzing data in DPL.

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BAE 525

Industrial Microbiology and Bioprocessing. Modern bioprocessing techniques leveraging a variety of microorganisms to produce commercial products

PP 501

Plant Pathology. Looking at plant pathogens across bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and viruses. Understanding current treatments and economic impacts.

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BEC 526

Upstream Biomanufacturing. Laboratory focused 30L biomanufacturing following current cGMP practices

MB 520

Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformation's. Practice setting up and using a continuous bioreactor.

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BIT 558

Directed Evolution. Laboratory course focused on directed evolution techniques. Utilizing S. cerevisiae over a long-term experiment to measure changes in fitness.

MB 520

Current Topics in BioSciences Management. MBA course focusing on emerging business considerations in the biosciences field.

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