Team Leader Biomedical Engineering

Domenica Baez

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Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Biochemistry Graduation- May 2025 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK GPA 4.0

Relevant coursework:

Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry I and II with Lab, Medical Genetics, Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Network Analysis with Lab, Heath and Thermodynamics, Mechanics, MatLab, Solidworks. EXPERIENCE:

Senior Design team leader

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK September 2024 to present

• Designing, prototyping, testing, and validating a 3D-printed transcranial direct current stimulation device to treat neurological disorders.

• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of biomedical and computer engineers to create a smartphone app with a user manual that allows the users to use the device easily.

• Managing all project development parts, from design to prototyping, budgeting, assembling, and comprehensive testing phases.

Tutor January 2023 to present

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK

• Helping more than 50 students understand their courses related to chemistry, physics, engineering, and Spanish.

• Teaching students different learning techniques, like elaborative interrogation, to help them improve their grades.

• Instructing students to use multiple platforms, such as Microsoft Office, that can help them expand their knowledge.

• Participating in multiple collaborative forums with 20 tutors and numerous faculty members to improve the tutoring program at ORU.

Peer Success Coach January 2023 to present

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK

• Assisting 86 first-year students with academic success by teaching them how to use Vision, D2L, Degreeworks, Elucian, and other platforms utilized by the University.

• Helping the students with registration and connecting them to faculty advisors and other offices on campus.

• Being a teaching assistant for around 50 students in the Introduction to Whole Person Education class.

• Collaborating with a group of 44 students and faculty members to improve the retaining rates of first-year students. SMART Program Intern

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx June 2024 to August 2024 The goal of this research is to inhibit the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease into hepatocellular carcinoma caused by chronic jet lag by using a beta blocker.

• Performing TRIzol homogenization, RNA extraction of liver samples and DNA extraction of tail samples, from WT and chronically jet-lagged mice with little to no supervision.

• Running RNA and DNA gel electrophoresis to analyze the quality of the extractions.

• Conducting qPCR assay with optimum efficiency to evaluate the differences in gene expression between WT, chronically jet-lagged mice, and chronically jet lagged-mice treated with beta blocker using mFos, Snabp, and Tnf as known circadian disruption biomarkers.

• Executing Western analysis for various proteins that show circadian disruption.

• Participating in an elevator pitch competition to be able to present the research project to a non-scientific public. Research team September 2023 to May 2024

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK

The goal of this research is to analyze the role of the stiffness of the extracellular matrix in the progression breast cancer.

• Culturing MD-MBA-468 breast cancer cells in plates mimicking different extracellular matrix stiffnesses.

• Perform cell passages and cell count using a hemocytometer to continue the cultivation lines.

• Studying the role of the stiffness of the plate in the expression of YAP by performing Western analysis.

• Collaborate with a group of students to analyze the results of the Western gel by using the ImageJ software. Biotechnology lab research intern December 2023 to January 2024 Catholic University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

We examined virulence and toxin genes in isolated strains of S. aureus on inert surfaces and their relationship with the mecA gene, responsible for methicillin resistance (MRSA) in 59 S. aureus strains isolated from inert surfaces and stored in the molecular biology laboratory of the Catholic University of Cuenca, in which presence of toxin genes (lukS/lukF- PV,tst) and the mecA gene had been previously detected.

• Performed multiple PCR tests to see the influence of different primers in different bacteria cultures.

• Made electrophoresis analysis to prove the resistance of genes to different compounds in standard medicine.

• Cultivated various bacteria that were genetically modified to produce fluorescence. Neuroscience lab research intern December 2023 to January 2024 Catholic University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

• Leveraged medical terminology expertise in the development and execution of design projects within a healthcare context.

• Utilized Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation equipment to treat multiple neurological and psychiatric disorders and track their progress to show the therapy is working. (Investigated the efficacy of these therapies in neurological and psychiatric disorders.) Intern in Neuroscience December 2022 to January 2023 Neurologic International, Quito, Ecuador

• Assisted in performing electroencephalograms and brain maps by placing the electrons in the proper positions and monitoring the procedure to ensure high-quality signals.

• Made brain maps reports by interpreting the graphs based on academic literature.

• Assisted in the realization of Neurofeedback therapies by setting up the program to meet the needs of each patient.

• Shadowed a specialist in Neurology to learn about different diseases and syndromes. PUBLICATIONS AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES:

- D. Halsmer and D. Baez, ‘Perspective chapter: Affordance-based Reverse Engineering of Natural Systems’, Environmental Health Literacy Update - New Evidence, Methodologies and Perspectives. IntechOpen, Nov. 22, 2023. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.1002944

-“A Student-Led Hypothesis Driven Tissue Engineering Lab Investigating ECM Stiffness’s Effect on Yap Expression, TriBeta Local Conference, poster presentation, Dallas, TX, 2024

-“Circadian Disruption-Induced Adrenergic Receptor Signalling Activates Hallmark of Cancer,” Oklahoma Academy of Science, oral presentation, OK, 2024

-Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas grant participant June 2024 to present

-American Scientific Affiliation Chapter at ORU

o President September 2023 to present

o Member February 2022 to present

-Member of the research team at the ORU Faculty of Engineering September 2022 to present

-Society of Women Engineers ORU Student Section

o President April 2024 to present

o Member September 2021 to present

-Member of the Society of Biomedical Engineering September 2021 to present

-TriBeta chapter at ORU

o Secretary May 2024 to present

-Volunteer leader for Gateway Foundation (organization for adults with disabilities) September 2022 to May 2023

-Volunteer at the Thursday Night Lights Outreach for homeless people January 2022 to May 2022

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