Melissa Li

San Francisco Bay Area

Management Consulting

San Francisco, CA

Biotechnology

In-Vivo Technologies
Biologist
Charles River Laboratories Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Animal Care Technician
Avidbiotics Corp. Sep 2016 - Oct 2017
Lab Technician
Principia Biopharma Jul 2014 - Oct 2017
Animal Technician
Nurix, Inc. Jun 2014 - Aug 2016
Lab Assistant

University of California, Santa Cruz 2007 - 2012
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Biology University of California, Berkeley 2007 - 2012
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Biology University of California, Santa Cruz 2007 - 2011
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biology

Autoclave
Media Prep
Food
Management
Food Service
Powerpoint
Sales
Event Planning
Research
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Public Speaking
Customer Service
Microsoft Excel
Social Media
Editing
Community Outreach
Fundraising
Windows
Pcr
Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
Column Chromatography
Dna Extraction
Restriction Digestion
Animal Husbandry
Shipping
Inventory Management

Traveling
Tae Kwon Do
Reading
Science and Technology
Tennis

Japanese

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Oct 2008 to Mar 2013
Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
2009 to 2011
Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate Teaching Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology

Dec 2006 to Jun 2008
Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology

2006 to 2008
Graduate Research Assistant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Registry of Standard Biological Parts
Cambridge, MA
May 2005 to Aug 2006
Program Coordinator
Laurence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
2005 to 2005
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
2004 to 2005
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Nahual Foundation
Cusco, Cusco
Dec 2002 to Jan 2003
Health Care Volunteer

Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University
2013
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University
2008
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
2006
B.S. in Bioengineering

Software: Matlab, Simulink, ANSYS/Fluent, Comsol, LabVIEW, Solidworks, AutoCAD, MasterCAM, HSMWorks, C++, Perl, Arduino, MCML optical simulation package, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Fabrication: Photolithography and soft lithography for microfluidics, casting, precision machining (manual and CNC), 3-D printing, laser cutting, water jet cutting, electronic circuits and control systems, white-light interferometry and 3-D digital microscopy. Biological/chemical: BSL-2 laboratory training and experience, molecular cloning (DNA extraction, restriction, ligation, electrophoresis), PCR, primer design, bacterial cell culture, microscopy (confocal, fluorescent, bright-field), immunohistochemical staining, sample processing (fractionation, complete blood count, anticoagulation) of human blood, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), polymer surface modification, goniometry, viscometry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) (analysis only). Writing: Co-author of awarded grants (American Heart Association: 10GRNT4430029; Wallace H. Coulter Foundation), Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol for human blood experiments.