• Introduced and established in vitro / in vivo brain/retinal/cellular model systems. Discovered and validated a set of biomarkers to screen potential drugs against neurodegenerative diseases for the lab as well as for a collaborating company, Natreon Inc., resulting in one US patent application and three peer-reviewed publications. • Collaborated with Dr. Nagele’s lab at Rowan University to perform image analysis and study the endocytosis of a human neuronal cell line upon stress resulting in one peer-reviewed publication. • Managed an imaging core facility, initiated and optimized the reservation system, generated standard protocols.Teaching Assistant for Core Courses at Cell and Molecular Biology Master of Science Program Fundamentals of Systems Biology, MBS 00503 (2011 Spring Semester) Fundamentals of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MBS 00501 (2010 Fall Semester)

• Worked with clients/inventors to identify patentable subject matter and to establish and expand patent portfolios. • Drafted patent applications resulting in filing of multiple US provisional patent applications. • Responded to official communications (e.g., Office Actions) from the US and foreign Patent Offices. • Assisted in the preparation of opinions in the biotechnology area and conducted prior art searches. • Effectively managed a docket of over 100 open matters. • Performed scientific and legal searches using search engines such as Thomson Innovation, PubMed, GoogleScholar, Google Patent and Decisions of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the USPTO.