Quality Control High School

Ryan M Harrison

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443-***-**** abphf6@r.postjobfree.com graylab.jhu.edu/~ryan/

Oxford, UK

Education UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Oct 2010 Present

DPhil Student, Biological Physics, Wolfson College

NIH-Oxford Graduate Partnership Program (full-tuition)

NSF Graduate Research Fellow ($120,000/3year)

Thesis: Unraveling RecQ helicase dynamics one molecule at a time

Advisors: Dr. Achillefs Kapanidis (Oxford), Dr. Keir Neuman (NIH)

MATLAB development for the analysis of single-molecule TIR-FRET trajectories.

Substrate preparation: cloning, protein expression & purification, fluorescent

labeling, biochemical and physical quality control.

Baltimore, MD

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Sept 2005 Dec 2009

B.S. Biomedical Engineering; Minor Economics

Baltimore Scholar (full-tuition)

Executive Treasurer, JHU Engineers without Borders (2006-2009)

Managed over $100,000/year for community-level international development

projects in Ecuador, Guatemala and South Africa.

Mentored high school student in computational protein structure prediction (2007)

2nd Place Team, JHU Technical Business Plan competition (2006)

Inductee, National Gallery for America's Young Inventors (2006)

Copenhagen, Denmark

DANISH INSTITUTE FOR STUDY ABROAD

Fall 2009

International Business Program

12-weeks intensive Danish language training with homestay.

Developed a working-knowledge of accounting, corporate finance and business

strategy using case-studies in the Scandinavian biotechnology sector.

Boston, MA

Industry GINKGO BIOWORKS

Jan May 2010

Synthetic Biology Intern

Built the first version of CAD software used to 'automagically' design DNA parts

to rapidly prototype engineered biological systems (Python/Django).

Integrated a custom LIMS system into the DNA assembly pipeline (Ruby/Rails).

Guilford, CT

ION TORRENT SYSTEMS

Summer 2009

Genomics Instrumentation Intern

Wrote Python app with PyGTK to compare run quality between DOE conditions.

Conducted system optimization on the Ion PGM (Personal Genome Machine).

Annapolis, MD

Policy MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Spring 2009

Legislative Aide

Prepared testimony, policy memos, written/oral statements and talking points.

Coordinated with stakeholders to amend legislation brought before the Health &

Government Operations Committee.

Baltimore, MD

BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Fall 2007

Health Policy Intern

Analyst for the 2008 Baltimore City Health Status Report.

Established a quantitative baseline-metric for an Influenza monitoring initiative.

Public relations for a youth anti-smoking campaign.

Prepared policy memos on drug decriminalization and teen-smoking abatement.

Coding: Python/Django, MATLAB, C/C++, Ruby/Rails

Personal Specialties: Time-domain analysis, Single-molecule TIR-FRET, RecQ DNA Helicase

Coursework: Econometrics, Applied Economics & Finance, Business Strategy

Interest: Theatrical Lighting Design, Health/socio-economic disparities

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