Flow Cytometry Los Angeles

Elnaz Fahimi

+1-760-***-**** *************@*****.*** Elnaz Fahimi US citizen, Los Angeles

Summary

PharmD/MS with 5 years research experience in drug formulation evaluation, immunotherapy, and cancer research. Skilled in cell/tissue culture,flow cytometry, ELISA, bioassays and writing protocols. Seeking to leverage research skills in a collaborative environment. Skills

Immunological: ELISA, Tissue/Cell Culture, Multi color Flow Cytometry, Cell Fluorescence Labeling, Cell Staining, Viability Assay, Bioassay, PCR

Drug discovery Skills: LC-MS, HPLC, UV/Vis Spectroscopy, TLC. Computer Skills: GraphPad Prism, SPSS, FlowJo.

Lab management skills: Leadership, Project Management, Writing SOP and Protocols, Record Keeping, Team player, Inventory management.

Education

Master of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences (GPA:4.0/4.0) Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA

Master thesis topic: Engineering dual CAR-NK cells for precise targeting of CD19-positive/HLA-DR-Negative Acute Myeloid Leukemia cells. 01/2023 - 12/2024

Doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) (GPA:3.72/4)

Azad University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Thesis topic: Selective extraction and identification of thiamine from Agaricus Bisporus using natural eutectic solvents.

• Performing validation of thiamine and its purity with HPLC and LC-MS.

• Using LC-MS and HPLC for identifying thiamin concentration in different solvents.

09/2015 - 09/2021

07/2019 - 07/2021

Research & Work Experience

Research Assistant (Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA)

• Designed and executed experiments to optimized dual CAR-NK cells targeting HLA-DR-negative cells and used ELISA, and flow cytometry assays to identify those with the highest specificity against CD19 and CD33 cancer cells.

• In charge of training new lab members and maintaining the equipment. 11/2022- Present

Research Associate (Website Start-Up, remote)

• Analyzed medical literature and clinical guidelines to create educational content tailored for patient understanding at the seed stage of WikiDrug.ir, a drug information website.

11/2020 – 05/2021

Research Fellow (Azad University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tehran, Iran)

• Formulation and physicochemical evaluation of antifibrinolytic drug, performing tests such as disintegration, hardness, content uniformity and dissolution test.

• Analyzed APIs and excipients (Lab materials) for identification, purity, stability, and phytochemical characteristics.

11/2019 – 06/2020

Publications and Honors

Conference poster presentation:

“Reducing On-Target Off-Tumor Toxicities of Cells with Inhibitory Receptors” Elnaz Fahimi Shabestari, Joshua Wang, Jiaming Xie

WesternU Pharmacy Annual Symposium (2024)

Review paper:

“A review study of inhibitory CAR structures and their targets” Elnaz Fahimi Shabestari, Jiaming Xie

Drafting

Honors:

• Dean’s list (2023 and 2024), WesternU, Pomona, CA. Certificates

Good Laboratory practice

CITI program

Jan 2023

Introduction to Biology of Cancer (with honors)

Johns Hopkins University

Aug 2022

Drug Discovery, Development and Commercialization

University of California, San Diego

Feb 2022

Extracurricular Activities

Vice president of Cultural Club at WesternU,

Organized new year for first time in WesternU.

2024

Volunteer, University of Medical Science,

Content creator for Case-Based Learning (CBL) courses. Supervised the creation of content about drug use in case studies for disease-related animations developed by the CBL team.

Summer 2021

Volunteer, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Medical operator during the COVID-19 outbreak answering patients’ questions. Summer 2020

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