Skilled US Navy/CDC medical research/laboratory scientist with 15+ year experience. Recipient of the US-HHS “Honor” and US Naval Medical Research Unit Three “Employee of the Year” awards. Drafts research proposals, develops and validates innovative assays, coordinates research projects and training activities, analyzes data and generates research reports and presentations. Submitted research proposals of > $ 700.0 k research funds, published 20 peer-reviewed original manuscripts and presented data at 20 international scientific conferences, developed/evaluated innovative assays for diagnosis of infectious diseases of public health interests and saved > $100.0 k testing costs, managed the overall lab work of > 100,000 biological samples and increased the knowledge and awareness of >1000 lab professionals.