Professional Experience & Industry Leadership
Over a decade of innovation in 3D bioprinting, biomaterials synthesis, absorbable materials, organ-on-a-chip engineering, and cross-functional scientific management.
10+ Years Bioengineering & R&D Experience
$300k+ Cost Savings via Monomer Upscaling
3 Awarded Patents & 4 Pending patents
30% to 95%+ Printing Yield Optimization
Detailed Professional Experience
Core Member & Senior Biomedical Engineer
GenesisTissue Inc.
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Material Characterization & Degradation Testing: Anchoring the physical, mechanical, and longitudinal degradation characterization of novel biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymeric materials in accordance with ASTM F1635 guidelines.
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Additive Manufacturing & Scaffold Fabrication: Leading the light-based 3D printing and fabrication of structural scaffolds tailored for both in vitro degradation kinetics and preclinical in vivo studies.
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Preclinical Study Execution & Analytics: Contributing directly to the design, execution, and data analysis of preclinical animal studies to establish baseline performance metrics, tissue integration profiles, and biocompatibility/safety criteria.
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Early-Stage R&D Strategy: Driving foundational laboratory and bench-scale development within the research facility to mature scaffold prototypes toward translational milestones.
Principal Scientist & Manager
Systemic Bio
Principal Scientist and Manager of the Biomaterials and Print Process Team
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Individual Contributions and Innovation
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Played a pivotal role in the establishment of a new monomer synthesis unit, driving successful upscaling and generating nearly $300,000 in cost savings over two years.
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Co-developed a new design to improve 3D printing yield from 30 % to upwards of 95 %.
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Co-developed and received a patent describing a novel organ-on-a-chip platform; Pub. No. US20250101358A1.
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Co-developed and received a patent describing a bioprinted 3D scaffold; Pub. No. WO2025117593A1.
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Co-developed and received a patent describing a bioprinted scaffold with tunable properties; Pub. No. WO2026080889A1.
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Part of the team that won the SLAS Innovation Award in 2025.
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Contributed to 2 additional patent applications and 3 trade secrets.
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Created and optimized polymer formulations to meet cytocompatibility, sorption, clearance, and other drug testing requirements for different drug discovery applications.
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Engineered advanced print process protocols for the 3D printing and post-processing of scaffolds that enable accelerated drug development via the generation of human-relevant insights.
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Selected bioconjugation tethers and contributed to the development of other extracellular matrix components that recapitulate the various intricacies of a normal or cancerous tissue’s microenvironment.
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Created operational workflows for the design team, and for interfacing between the core teams and functional groups.
Research Management
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Scientific Portfolio Strategy & Foresight:
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Defined and directed the long-term scientific vision for the biomaterials and print process research portfolios.
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Directed Rigorous Project Execution & Mission-Aligned Resource Optimization:
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Used tools such as ClickUp to ensure rigorous execution of complex biomaterials and biomaterials-adjacent bioengineering research projects, and optimized scientific resource allocation.
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Championed Scientific Team Building & Innovation for Mission Advancement:
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Provided scientific leadership to an interdisciplinary team of biomaterials scientists and bioengineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative research environment by maintaining open two-way communication and feedback.
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Orchestrated Strategic Technical Communication & Mission-Oriented Stakeholder Dissemination:
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As a part of the leadership team, I communicated complex technical research findings to diverse scientific and non-scientific stakeholders.
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Drove Data-Driven Problem Solving & Budgetary Analysis:
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Applied data-driven analysis to solve scientific and budgetary challenges, and advised senior leadership on strategic resource allocation and project direction.
Management of the Biomaterials and Print Process Team
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Proactively adjusted research strategies to adapt to a dynamic scientific environment.
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Utilized a collaborative approach to team management, fostering open communication and regular check-ins to ensure alignment and engagement.
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Developed and implemented comprehensive protocols to ensure compliance and efficiency.
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Recruited and guided undergraduate and graduate talent throughout three summer internship programs.
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Multidisciplinary Collaboration
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Actively participated in multiple projects and was the owner of several key deliverables, which enabled the successful completion of external pharmaceutical collaborations’ milestones.
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As a part of the leadership team in a growing company, I engaged in meaningful discussions related to scientific, corporate, and personnel-related goals, and provided timely suggestions - some of which paved the way for the kick-off of novel activities - such as the creation of data harmonization and analysis guidelines.
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Led a core team with a cross-functional cohort of scientists with expertise in engineering, biology, design, and production.
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As a core team lead, I provided technical background as well as scope, and utilized inputs from subject matter experts to produce long-term developmental plans, and forward-looking solutions.
Multidisciplinary Collaboration
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Actively participated in multiple projects and was the owner of several key deliverables, which enabled the successful completion of external pharmaceutical collaborations’ milestones.
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As a part of the leadership team in a growing company, I engaged in meaningful discussions related to scientific, corporate, and personnel-related goals, and provided timely suggestions - some of which paved the way for the kick-off of novel activities - such as the creation of data harmonization and analysis guidelines.
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Led a core team with a cross-functional cohort of scientists with expertise in engineering, biology, design, and production.
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As a core team lead, I provided technical background as well as scope, and utilized inputs from subject matter experts to produce long-term developmental plans, and forward-looking solutions.
BIOMATERIALS SCIENTIST
3D SYSTEMS
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Employee #1 at the Healthcare Solutions Group, which eventually transitioned into Systemic Bio.
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Conducted numerous multi-disciplinary foundational experiments such as the development of bioink precursor formulation and print process setup for a high-resolution proprietary light-based three-dimensional (3D) printer. Other experiments included basic cell culture, and setting up perfusion studies for testing the synergy between resin-printed manifolds’ and hydrogel-printed scaffolds’ ability to provide continuous nutrition to seeded cells, to generate proof-of-concept data for potential pharmaceutical company collaborators.
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Recognized areas of potential improvements and worked closely with leadership for the strategic execution of decisions.
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Used Jira by Atlassian to focus on documentation, inventory management, and resource coordination to help set up and manage laboratory resources across interdisciplinary teams.
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Was promoted to Principal Scientist with two direct reports.
Postdoctoral Researcher
BioInspired Syracuse
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Spearheaded the synthesis, mechanical properties evaluation, and cytocompatibility studies of photocrosslinkable materials used in the DLP- and two photon-based 3D printing of scaffolds for tailored tissue engineering applications.
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Led a team of scientists and engineered a smart polymer platform to systematically recreate in vivo extracellular matrix mechanical cues to investigate cell mechanotransduction.
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Central Florida
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Led a team of undergraduate students to critique existing literature, and identified an optimized method to formulate and characterize a popular marine mussel and crustacean-inspired adhesive. The adhesion strength offered by this glue to bind cow eye tissues was higher than comparable commercial adhesives or sutures.
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Analyzed and valorized the byproduct of chemical vapor deposition - zirconium disulfide – using transmission electron microscopy.
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First report of fabricating a smart, pH-responsive, mussel-inspired adhesive based on reversible catechol boronic acid complexation
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Won the PhD graduate research excellence award, first prize for poster presentation at ACS student research symposium, disseminated research via podium presentation at five instances - including one invited talk, and produced posters for presentation at six instances.
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Performed peer review of thirty scholarly products
Graduate Researcher