SAKHA JAMADAR

Houston, TX ***** 619-***-**** ad031u@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Hardworking scientist highly effective at conveying advanced topics in a relatable manner. Responsible and reliable with a friendly and outgoing manner. Enthusiastic researcher eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of scientific theories and applied concepts and training in laboratory equipment. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in scientific research.

SKILLS

• Individual and group instruction

• Troubleshooting and resolution

• Presentations and public speaking

• Planning and execution

• Microscopic techniques

• Laboratory procedures

• C-Drop/ Lunatic

• Nanodrop 1000/2000 (RNA/DNA Quantification)

• Qubit Fluorometer

• Spectrofluorometer

• King Fisher Automation

• JANUS G3 BioTX Pro Workstation

• Validation of clinical equipment, and assays

• Illumina

• Research and analysis

• Analytical and critical thinking

• Lab test analysis

• Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

• Quadrupole Time of Flight LC/MS

• DNA/RNA Extraction

• TECAN 150/ TECAN 200

• QuantStudio/ ABI 7500 Fast Real-Time PCR/

Bio-Rad

• QiaSymphony Automated Nucleic Acid Extractor

• Hamilton Micro-lab STAR

• CHEMAGIC 360 Nucleic Acid Extractor

• Experienced in CAP, CLIA, and COLA

requirements and regulations.

LANGUAGE

Arabic

Excellent and fluent in reading, writing, and speaking. WORK HISTORY

Laboratory Manager, 01/2023- (Current)

Elixir DX. – Houston, TX

• Managing activities and personnel related to concrete laboratory testing.

• Overseeing laboratory tests, interpretation of test data, and preparing reports and/or summaries of test data.

• Responsible for day-to-day operations of the lab with consideration of financial performance

• Responsible for complying with corporate-level and office-specific Quality Management Systems (QMS) related policies and procedures; including adoption, implementation and enforcement.

• Responsible for obtaining and maintaining appropriate lab-testing related certifications by external certifying agencies for the defined scope; and also ensuring Lab Technicians obtain the same.

• Maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment, calibration schedules and records.

• Maintaining sufficient inventory of required supplies and equipment.

• Promoting safe work practices and ensuring proper PPE is used.

• Perform calculations and data reduction of test results and other administrative duties, as needed.

• Oversee and coordinate the schedules and work of laboratory technicians.

• Train and supervise both existing and new technicians

• Conduct and/or assist with coaching, performance evaluations, discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy.

• Assist and/or be responsible for maintaining appropriate staff levels with approval by your management.

• The focus of this position will be on Laboratory Management, you may occasionally perform technician job duties.

Laboratory Manager, 01/2022- 01/2023

Dascena, Inc. – Houston, TX

• Manage, facilitate, and measure productivity of laboratory technologists.

• conducting regular performance reviews.

• Facilitate testing workflows of patient samples and ensure that patient data is accurate and secure.

• Relay results, expectations, timelines, and strategies to company leadership.

• Assist Lab Manager with conducting meetings and presentations.

• Ensure the review of test results for accuracy and completeness.

• Delegate tasks within the laboratory and oversee all ongoing testing and quality control projects.

• Ensure that laboratory methods are performed according to standard operating procedures.

• Assist the implementation, monitoring, and calibration of all laboratory equipment through establishment and promotion of consistent standards of use.

• Review, develop, and implement current and future laboratory operations to improve efficiency and productivity.

• Onboard, train, and oversee technologists and perform competency assessments.

• Maintain schedule to accommodate last-minute changes, including scheduled and unscheduled absences. Laboratory Supervisor, 04/2021 to 12/2021

Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories – Houston, TX

• Prepares and maintains schedules and provides appropriate laboratory coverage to ensure timely results reporting.

• Hires, trains and orients new laboratory employees.

• Develops and maintains standard operating procedures for the laboratory.

• Maintains laboratory stock levels and orders laboratory supplies.

• Reviews instrument maintenance logs, QC records and takes appropriate actions if systems deviate.

• from the laboratory's established specification.

• Performs testing and troubleshoots assay performance.

• Compiles, evaluates and analyzes data.

• Prepares and reports the laboratory metrics and progress reports.

• Regularly provides performance feedback, mentors employees and completes annual performance reviews.

• Regularly verifies staff training and competency according to the laboratory regulations.

• Maintains laboratory compliance according to CAP, NY, CLIA regulations.

• Performs test cost analysis and FTE forecasting.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Microbiologist, 06/2020 to 04/2021

City Of Houston – Houston, TX

• Assists in microbiological research programs.

• Performs varied laboratory tests for the detection, isolation and identification of viruses and bacteria that cause human or animal diseases.

• Isolates microorganisms from specimens and identifies those pathogens using biochemical and serological techniques.

• Assists in and/or performs various tests related to the detection of viral or fungal infections.

• Maintains stock cultures for the preparation of solution used in viral and bacteriological testing.

• Compiles and records lab data and results; completes required reports as necessary.

• Preforms other technical assignments as required. Lab Manager, 01/2016 to 03/2020

Texas Southern University – Houston, TX

• Plan and coordinate laboratory activities for scientific projects.

• Develop and maintain lab procedures, experimental protocols and work instructions.

• Review and recommend improvements to lab procedures.

• Provide assistance and conduct trainings to team members when needed.

• Maintain inventory control of laboratory equipment and tools.

• Ensure sterilization and disposal of biohazardous waste. Teaching Assistant, 08/2016 to 12/2019

Texas Southern University – Houston, TX

• Implemented Laboratory exercises and used repetition, which enabled students to grasp new experimental concepts quickly.

• Supported instructor with test administration, curriculum development and assignment grading.

• Evaluated student progress through analysis of test scores and report completion. Research Associate, 01/2019 to 12/2019

Texas Southern University – Houston, TX

• Supported research and development efforts to create new products, equipment and processes.

• Analyzed statistical data.

• Operate laboratory equipment; contribute to laboratory maintenance.

• Planned, modified, and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.

• Keep records of results and reports.

• Summarized search results by preparing written reports, graphs, fact sheets and tables.

• Documented procedures and results with high degree of accuracy and precision. Graduate Research Fellow, 11/2015 to 12/2018

Texas Southern University – Houston, TX

• Developed program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for evaluating and measuring effectiveness of operations.

• Collaborated with materials purchasing specialist to meet production requirements and quality standards.

• Evaluated quality problems and performed analysis to identify and resolve issues.

• Improved quality processes for increased efficiency and effectiveness. EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Environmental Sciences, 12/2019

Texas Southern University - Houston, TX

• Majored in Toxicology

• Graduated with 3.98 GPA

• Dissertation: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SELENIUM ON THE LIPID PROFILE INDUCED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT PHENYLMERCURY ACETATE EXPOSURE IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

Master of Science: Pharmacology and Toxicology, 01/2015 Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis- Indianapolis, IN

• Majored in Toxicology

• Graduated with 3.46 GPA

• Thesis: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SELENIUM ON METHYLMERCURY- INDUCED NEURODEGENERATION IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS. Batchelor of Science: Biology, 01/2006

Umm Al-Qura University – Saudi Arabia

• Graduated with 3.46 GPA

CERTIFICATES

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Issuer: Project Management Institute

• Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)

Issuer: Project Management Institute

• HIPPA

Issuer: North American Learning Institute

• Fire Safety

Issuer: North American Learning Institute

• Bloodborne Pathogens

Issuer: North American Learning Institute

• OSHA

Issuer: North American Learning Institute

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Research:

• Graduate Research with Dr. Fawzia Abdel Rahman August 2015- 2019 Department of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences Texas Southern University College of Science, Engineering and Technology The free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a proven model organism for lipid metabolism research. C. elegans studies showed that chronic exposure to mercury (Hg) compounds induces neuron degeneration likely due to the increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS). Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element required for activation of many antioxidant enzymes that makes it capable of both decreasing deposition of Hg during co-exposure possibly due to the high affinity between Hg and Se and reducing the ROS level by activating antioxidant enzymes. This study focused on investigating Se protection effect mainly in the presence of Phenylmercury Acetate (PMA), and the use of C. elegans lipid profiling changes as a biomarker for environmental pollutants exposure. Chronic exposure to different concentrations of PMA results in animal death, which is reduced by co- exposure with Se. Results showed that exposure to PMA increases ROS levels in the nematodes in a concentration-depended manner. Also, Se exposure showed a positive relationship between ROS level and elevated Se concentration; while co-exposure to PMA and Se reduced the ROS level in the exposed C. elegans. The wild type C. elegans was used to investigate the effect of selenium on the lipid profile induced by exposure to the environmental pollutant Phenylmercury Acetate (PMA). Individual fatty acids showed differences in their relative percentage in treatment with PMA versus control and these differences were recovered in the presence of selenium. Based on quantitative analysis of the normalized fatty acids composition, it was found that polyunsaturated fatty acids were the most susceptible to change in the tested chemical. Triacylglycerols (triglycerides) profile changed due to the exposure by showing smaller or sometimes larger percentages in PMA treatment compared to the control. It was evident that the antioxidant Se was able to counteract the PMA effect and bring the triacylglycerols' profiling back to normal. The results provided evidence that lipid profiling can serve as a biomarker for exposure to environmental stressors.

• Graduate Research with Dr. Richard Nass, August 2012 – December 2014 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Recent Caenorhabditis elegans studies showed that low, chronic exposure to MeHg induces DA neuron degeneration likely due to the increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) with the reduction of SKN-1/Nrf2 gene expression or reduction of MRP-7 gene expression. Reduction in the transcription factor SKN-1 gene expression increases MeHg-induced animal vulnerability and DA neuron degeneration; additionally, reduction in the putative multidrug resistance protein MRP-7 gene expression increases the accumulation of cellular mercury (Hg) and MeHg-induces DA neuron degeneration. Accordingly, Se is capable of both decreasing deposition of Hg in neurons possibly due to the high affinity between Hg and Se that results in Hg binding to Se, and inhibiting MeHg-induced DA neuron degeneration and mitigating MeHg's neurotoxicity. My studies demonstrate that Se significantly blunted MeHg's effects and proved its safety and efficacy in ameliorating MeHg's neurotoxicity.

PUBLICATION

• Published co-author of Fatty acids composition of Caenorhabditis elegans using accurate mass GCMS- QTOF in 2016 issue of the Journal of JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH, PART B 2016, VOL. 0, NO. 0, 1–7

• Published co-author of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to study the impact of exposure to light emitting diode (LED) domestic lighting in 2017 issue of the Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering 52(5):1-7 · January 2017. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Sakha Jamadar, VanDuyn N, Nass R. “Generation and characterization of a humanized C. elegans transgenic animal that results in early onset, age-dependent complete loss of DA neurons”. Society of Toxicology 52nd annual meeting 2013 San Antonio, TX, 2013.

• Attendance of Society of Toxicology 53rd annual meeting March 23-27, 2014, Phoenix, AZ.

• Attendance of Society of Toxicology 54rd annual meeting March 22-26, 2015, San Diego, CA.

• Sakha Jamadar and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman. “Characterization of The Effects of Selenium on The Lipid Profiling Induced by Phenyl Mercuric Acetate Exposure in Caenorhabditis Elegams”. Texas Southern University Research Week, March 28- 31, 2016, Houston. TX.

• Sakha Jamadar and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman. “Characterization of The Effects of Selenium on The Lipid Profiling Induced by Phenyl Mercuric Acetate Exposure in Caenorhabditis Elegams”. SETAC South- Central Regional Meeting April 23, 2016, Fort Worth, TX.

• Sakha Jamadar and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman. “Characterization of The Effects of Selenium on The Fatty Acid Profiling Induced by Phenyl Mercuric Acetate Exposure in Caenorhabditis Elegams”. Southeast Texas Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics (STEGG) symposium June 3, 2016, Houston, TX.

• Sakha Jamadar, and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman, Mahmoud Saleh. “Characterization of The Effects of Selenium on The Oxidative Damage Induced by Phenyl Mercuric Acetate Exposure in Caenorhabditis Elegams”. 7th SETAC World congress/ SETAC North America 37th Annual Meeting November 6-10, 2016, Orlando, FL.

• Sakha Jamadar, Kevin Anthony, Duma Hlangothi and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman. “Characterization of the Effects of Phenyl Mercuric Acetate Exposure on the Lipid Profiling of Caenorhabditis Elegans”. Society of Toxicology 56th annual meeting, March 12-16, 2017, Baltimore, MD 2017.

• Sakha Jamadar, Kevin Anthony, Duma Hlangothi and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman “Lipid Profiling of the Free- Living Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans as a Biomarker of Exposure to Organomercury Compounds”. Texas Southern University Research Week, March 27-31, 2017, Houston, TX.

• Sakha Jamadar and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman, Mahmoud Saleh. “Selenium Counteracting the Effects of Mercury Induced Lipid Profiling in the Free-Living Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans”. SETAC South-Central Regional Chapter Meeting, April 28- 30, 2017 at Texas Southern University, Houston, TX.

• Sakha Jamadar, Fawzia H. Abdel-Rhman, Demilade Adisa, Olufunmilayo Owopetu, Parise S. Henry, Kevin Anthony, Thao Nguyen, Bobby L. Wilson, Mahmoud A. Saleh “Fatty Acids Profiling as a Biomarker of Exposure to Pesticides”. 255th ACS National Meeting, March 18-22, 2018 at New Orleans, LA.

• Sakha Jamadar, Kevin Anthony, Duma Hlangothi and Fawzia Abdel-Rahman “Characterization of the effects of Selenium and Phenyl Mercuric Acetate Exposure on the Lipid Profiling of the Free-Living Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans” Texas Southern University Research Week, March 26-29, 2018 at Houston, TX.

ABSTRACTS

• Sakha Jamadar, F. Abdel-Rahman and M. Saleh, (2015) Characterization of The Effects of Selenium on The Lipid Profiling Induced by Phenyl Mercuric Acetate Exposure in Caenorhabditis Elegams.

• Sakha Jamadar, VanDuyn N, Nass R. Generation and Characterization of a Humanized C. elegans Transgenic Animal that Results in Early Onset, Age- Dependent Complete Loss of DA Neurons.

• Nass, R., Settivari, R., Sakha Jamadar, VanDuyn, N (2013) The C. elegans Glutathione Transferase GST-1 and Caspase CSP-1 Modulates Rotenone-Induced DA Neuron Degeneration.

• VanDuyn, N., Sakha Jamadar, Li,W., Wagner, M., Nass, R (2013) Identification of Molecular Modifiers of Se-associated DA Neurodegeneration and Protection. CONDUCTED SEMINARS

From 2015 to 2018:

1. Metabolism and Toxicity of Benzene.

2. Metabolism and Toxicity of Tetrahydrocannabinol. 3. Metabolism and Toxicity of Warfarin.

4. Metabolism and Toxicity of Methadone.

5. Metabolism and Toxicity of Nicotine.

6. Metabolism and Toxicity of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. 7. Characterization of the effects of selenium on methylmercury-induced toxicity in C. elegans. FUNDING AND AWARDS

• Saudi Arabian Higher Ministry Scholarship (2011-2019).

• Graduate Fellowship Title III program from Texas Southern University (11/2015-10/2018).

• College Of Science, Engineering and Technology Faculty and Staff Scholarship (Fall 2016).

• College Of Science, Engineering and Technology Scholarship (Fall 2017).

• Teaching Assistant at the Department of Biology (2016-2019).

• Texas Southern University Award for Attending Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting (2017).

• Air & Waste Management Association Graduate Environmental Science and Engineering Scholarship

(2017).

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Society Of Toxicology graduate student membership (SOT).

• TSU Student Chapter of Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

• Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

• American Chemical Society (ACS).

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

• Project Management Institute (PMI)

VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION

Certificate of Participation in the volunteer homeless program for 27+ hours Father Joe's Villages, San Diego, CA

May 2011 – March 2012

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