Postdoctoral scientist with 2+ years of post-PhD experience designing and characterizing engineered human pluripotent stem cell lines at the UCSF Diabetes Center. Applies CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering, HDR-oriented knock-in/knockout strategies, TALEN-related workflows, and lentiviral effector systems to build hPSC-derived models of inflammation-driven cell death, with multi-lineage differentiation experience relevant to neural and microglial lineage workflows used in neurodegenerative disease modeling. Independently secured ADA and Breakthrough T1D Postdoctoral Fellowships; first-author publications in Q1 journals; strong record of cross-functional collaboration across genome engineering, stem cell biology, and immunology.