Versatile scientist with a broad range of expertise in molecular biology, biochemistry, metabolic engineering, and crop science. Experience in Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics: • Vector design and construction • Plant tissue culture and transformation • Development of nanoparticle formulations for cellular delivery of macromolecules • Northern & quantitative RT-PCR analysis of gene expression • Protoplast preparation and transfection • Experienced with bioinformatic tools and analyses of large data sets Experience in Biochemistry: • Broad knowledge of plant metabolic pathways • Recombinant protein expression • Protein purification • Enzyme assay development • HPLC and GC analysis of metabolites