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PhD Scientist | Science Communicator | Grant Writing Expert

Profile Summary

**PhD Scientist with 15+ years of research and industry experience in Therapeutic Biomarker Discovery, Diagnostics, Clinical Development, Drug Discovery, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals; **Well grounded in a fields of Biology of Aging, Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Molecular Biology, Virology and Infection Diseases, Immunology, Genomics. **10+ peer-reviewed publications (+250 citations) including first-author research paper that was published and previewed in Cell Stem Cell features at AAAS and 6+ articles as a corresponding author where one made a list TOP 100 most downloaded research papers published in 2021 by Nature: Scientific Reports.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Visual Neuroscience
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Computational Neuroscience
• ☆ Cognitive Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuroanatomy
• ☆ Neuropsychology
• ☆ Developmental Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuropharmacology
• ☆ Molecular Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Systems Neuroscience
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostics
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Validation
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Design
• ☆ Point-of-Care Devices
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Lab-on-a-Chip Devices
• ☆ Precision Medicine
• ☆ Clinical Laboratory Science
• ☆ Clinical Pathology
• ☆ Neuropathology
• ☆ Clinical Biochemistry
• ☆ Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
• ☆ Clinical Physiology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Biosciences grant writing specialist

Stanford University Grant Writing Academy

September 2023 - Present

Postdoctoral Scholar

Stanford University School of Medicine

November 2022 - Present

Associate Director, Clinical Discovery

Curative

April 2020 - August 2022

PhD candidate/ Research Assistant

USC Keck School of Medicine, Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC

August 2016 - May 2022

Teaching Assistant

University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters Arts and Sciences

January 2018 - January 2021

Education

PhD (Biology)

University of Southern California

August 2016 - Present

Master of Science (Biomedical Engineering)

University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering

January 2015 - May 2016

Bachelor of Science with Honors in Biotechnology

L.N Gumilyov Eurasian National University

September 2009 - June 2013

Certifications

• Research Development Certificate

  Stanford University

  https://rdcommunity.stanford.edu/rd-certificate-program

  June 2025 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Melanie A. MacMullan, Prithivi Chellamuthu, Aubree Mades, Sudipta Das, Fred Turner, Vladimir I. Slepnev, Albina Ibrayeva, Yi-Wei Tang(2021). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Oral Fluid Obtained Using a Rapid Collection Device . Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 59. (2). American Society for Microbiology

Melanie A. MacMullan, Prithivi Chellamuthu, Aubree Mades, Sudipta Das, Fred Turner, Vladimir I. Slepnev, Albina Ibrayeva, Yi-Wei Tang(2020). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Oral Fluid Obtained Using a Rapid Collection Device . Journal of Clinical Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology

(2018). The Presence of Neural Stem Cells and Changes in Stem Cell-Like Activity With Age in Mouse Spiral Ganglion Cells In Vivo and In Vitro . Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology.

(2015). Pushing and Pulling on Adult Neural Stem Cells . Cell Stem Cell.

(2014). Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains circulating in the penitentiary system of Kazakhstan . The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

OTHER

Melanie A. MacMullan, Prithvi Chellamuthu, Aubree Mades, Sudipta Das, Fred Turner, Vladimir I Slepnev, Albina Ibrayeva(2020). Rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in oral fluids . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Melanie A MacMullan, Albina Ibrayeva, Kylie Trettner, Laura Deming, Sudipta Das, Frances Tran, Jose Ricardo Moreno, Joseph G Casian, Prithivi Chellamuthu, Jeffrey Kraft, et al.(2020). ELISA detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in saliva . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Albina Ibrayeva, Maxwell Bay, Elbert Pu, David Jörg, Lei Peng, Heechul Jun, Naibo Zhang, Daniel Aaron, Congrui Lin, Galen Resler, et al. (2019). Early Stem Cell Aging in the Mature Brain .