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PhD chemist + biotech, IVD, oncology | Freelance comms + marketing, branding, white papers, grants, research, analysis

Profile Summary

History // Freelancer | since 2019 \\ Biotech | 1 year, staff scientist | sequencing startup // KU Chemistry | 4 years, project manager | bio comms, ancient but newly discovered \\ Stanford Surgery | 1 year, postdoc | liquid biopsies for cancer // UNC-Chapel Hill | 4 years, PhD | circulating cancer cells \\ UNC-Wilmington | 2 years, MS | quantum chemistry // UNC-Wilmington | 3 years, BC | chemistry + math, psych About // Self-starter, exceedingly efficient, high-value resource \\ Broad knowledge base from engineering to medicine, quick-to-learn and adaptable // Unique bridge from PhD-to-public, doctor-to-patient, engineer-to-customer, and research-to-executive \\ Experienced researcher with 20+ peer-reviewed pubs, 700+ citations, 2 patents, 2 startups // Seasoned freelancer for academia, nonprofits, small business, and up to Fortune 100 Services // Research | Publications, high-impact journals, data & display, technical manuals, editing, scientific review \\ Internals | Presentations, project reports, investor docs, market analysis, competitor targeting // Marketing | White papers, app notes, presentations, training materials, brochures \\ Branding | Brand kit, production workflow, professional artist, subcontracted logo design, detail-oriented // Grants | Tailored to RFP, written for reviewers, startups (SBIR), academics, gov (NIH, NSF, DoD, +) \\ Consultation | Scientific review, personal coaching, mental health in academia, nonprofit development Policies // Project management | Virtual meeting kickoff, statement of work (SOW) sign offs, routine status updates \\ Invoicing | Line items billed in quarter hour increments, invoiced through LLC + EIN // Non-disclosure | Zero cross talk between clients, all activities bound by NDA \\ Data security | Backup via Proton (encrypted Swiss servers), avoids COI with Verily (Google), etc Search Keys // NSF NIH DoD VHA VA SBIR STTR \\ PPTX XLSX DOCX Python Fortran Matlab ImageJ Adobe Illustrator Photoshop // Corporate industry small business biotech startup academia academic nonprofit \\ Consulting coaching career development anxiety depression mental health addiction drug abuse // Appeals grant development competitor targeting market analysis research \\ Analytical clinical chemistry cell biology immunology cancer oncology in vitro diagnostics IVD microfluidics genetic sequencing health medical cannabis terpenes cellulose plastics green environmental power fuel cells exosomes extracellular vesicles virus virology COVID

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ In vitro Diagnostics
• ★ Oncology
• ★ Science Communication
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Polymer Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Separation & Purification
• ☆ Spectroscopy
• ☆ UV Spectroscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• ☆ IR Spectroscopy
• ☆ Spectrophotometry
• ☆ Molecular Imaging
• ☆ Liquid Chromatography/HPLC
• ☆ Biomaterials
• ☆ Bioplastics
• ☆ Photochemistry
• ☆ Quantum Chemistry
• ☆ Theoretical Chemistry
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Comparative Genomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ Exome Sequencing
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Oligonucleotide Synthesis
• ☆ DNA Damage & Repair
• ☆ Monoclonal Antibody Production
• ☆ Basic Immunology
• ☆ Adjuvant & Antigen Research
• ☆ Histology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Biomedical Engineering
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Electron Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Computational Fluid Dynamics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Quantum Mechanics
• ☆ Microfluidics
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Validation
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Design
• ☆ Point-of-Care Devices
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Lab-on-a-Chip Devices
• ☆ Allergy & Clinical Immunology
• ☆ Clinical Immunology
• ☆ Dermatology
• ☆ Skin Cancer
• ☆ Pediatric Medicine
• ☆ Women's Health
• ☆ Breast Cancer
• ☆ Ovarian Cancer
• ☆ Men's Health
• ☆ Prostate Cancer
• ☆ Radiation Therapy
• ☆ Chemotherapy
• ☆ Surgical Oncology
• ☆ Pediatric Oncology
• ☆ Hematology
• ☆ Hematology-Oncology
• ☆ Leukemia & Lymphoma
• ☆ Counseling & Mental Health Support
• ☆ Substance Abuse
• ☆ Addiction & Recovery Counseling
• ☆ Eating Disorders
• ☆ Body Image
• ☆ Stress Management
• ☆ Anger Management
• ☆ Bipolar Disorder
• ☆ PTSD
• ☆ Anxiety Disorders
• ☆ Grief Counseling
• ☆ Depression
• ☆ Schizophrenia
• ☆ Personality Disorders
• ☆ ADHD
• ☆ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• ☆ Domestic Violence Support
• ☆ Behavior Therapy
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Carcinogenesis
• ☆ Musculoskeletal Oncology
• ☆ Neuro-Oncology
• ☆ Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
• ☆ Photography & Image Editing
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME) Materials
• ☆ Healthcare Communications
• ☆ Patient Education Materials
• ☆ Medical Copywriting
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Release Notes
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Spec Sheets
• ☆ Copywriting
• ☆ Emails & Newsletters
• ☆ Marketing Copy
• ☆ Product Descriptions
• ☆ User Guides & Handbooks
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing
• ☆ Project Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Technology Scouting, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Insights

Product Development Concept Development, Prototyping, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Freelancer

Quantum Link LLC

October 2019 - Present

Senior Staff Scientist

Sunflower Genomics

October 2019 - October 2020

Associate Researcher

University of Kansas

October 2016 - October 2019

Postdoc

Stanford University

February 2016 - October 2016

Research Assistant

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

August 2011 - December 2015

Teaching Assistant

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

August 2010 - May 2011

Education

Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry (Chemistry)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

August 2011 - December 2015

M.S. (Chemistry)

University of North Carolina Wilmington

August 2009 - May 2011

B.S. (Chemistry)

University of North Carolina Wilmington

June 2006 - December 2010

Certifications

• ASIST | Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

  LivingWorks Education

  https://legacy.livingworks.net/programs/asist/

  February 2019 - Present

• NIH Grant Writing Workshop

  Grant Writers’ Seminars & Workshops

  https://www.grantcentral.com/seminars/write-winning-grant-proposals/

  August 2018 - Present

• Clinical Biostatistics Short Course

  University of Kansas Medical Center

  October 2017 - Present

• Master Tutor

  College Reading & Learning Association

  https://www.crla.net/index.php/certifications/ittpc-international-tutor-training-program

  December 2010 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Mengjia Hu, Virginia Brown, Joshua M. Jackson, Harshani Wijerathne, Harsh Pathak, Devin C. Koestler, Emily Nissen, Mateusz L. Hupert, Rolf Muller, Andrew K. Godwin, et al.(2023). Assessing Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes Using Extracellular Vesicles’ mRNA . Analytical Chemistry. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Zheng Zhao, Swarnagowri Vaidyanathan, Payel Bhanja, Sachindra Gamage, Subhrajit Saha, Collin McKinney, Junseo Choi, Sunggook Park, Thilanga Pahattuge, Harshani Wijerathne, et al.(2022). In‐plane Extended Nano‐coulter Counter (XnCC) for the Label‐free Electrical Detection of Biological Particles . Electroanalysis. 34. (12). p. 1961--1975. Wiley

Harshani Wijerathne, Malgorzata Witek, Joshua M. Jackson, Virginia Brown, Mateusz L. Hupert, Kristina Herrera, Cameron Kramer, Abigail E. Davidow, Yan Li, Alison E. Baird, et al.(2020). Affinity enrichment of extracellular vesicles from plasma reveals mRNA changes associated with acute ischemic stroke . Communications Biology. 3. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Thilanga N. Pahattuge, J. Matt Jackson, Rane Digamber, Harshani Wijerathne, Virginia Brown, Malgorzata A. Witek, Chamani Perera, Richard Givens, Blake R. Peterson, Steven Soper(2020). Visible photorelease of liquid biopsy markers following microfluidic affinity-enrichment . Chemical Communications. 56. (29). p. 4098--4101. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Wenting Hu, Steven Soper, J. Matt Jackson(2019). Time-Delayed Integration–Spectral Flow Cytometer (TDI-SFC) for Low-Abundance-Cell Immunophenotyping . Analytical Chemistry. 91. (7). p. 4656--4664. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Camila D.M. Campos, Joshua M. Jackson, Małgorzata A. Witek, Steven A. Soper(2018). Molecular Profiling of Liquid Biopsy Samples for Precision Medicine . The Cancer Journal. 24. (2). p. 93--103. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Camila Dalben Madeira Campos, Sachindra Shehani Thippala Gamage, Joshua M. Jackson, Malgorzata Witek, Daniel, Michael C. Murphy, Andrew K. Godwin, Steven Soper(2018). Microfluidic-based solid phase extraction of cell free DNA . Lab on a Chip. 18. (22). p. 3459--3470. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Małgorzata A. Witek, Rachel D. Aufforth, Hong Wang, Joyce W. Kamande, Joshua M. Jackson, Swathi R. Pullagurla, Mateusz L. Hupert, Jerry Usary, Weiya Z. Wysham, Dawud Hilliard, et al.(2017). Discrete microfluidics for the isolation of circulating tumor cell subpopulations targeting fibroblast activation protein alpha and epithelial cell adhesion molecule . npj Precision Oncology. 1. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Joshua M. Jackson, Małgorzata A. Witek, Joyce W. Kamande, Steven Soper(2017). Materials and microfluidics: enabling the efficient isolation and analysis of circulating tumour cells . Chemical Society Reviews. 46. (14). p. 4245--4280. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Colleen E. ONeil, Joshua M. Jackson, Sang-Hee Shim, Steven A. Soper(2016). Interrogating Surface Functional Group Heterogeneity of Activated Thermoplastics Using Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy . Analytical Chemistry. 88. (7). p. 3686--3696. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Joshua M. Jackson, James B. Taylor, Malgorzata Witek, Sally A. Hunsucker, Jennifer P. Waugh, Yuri Fedoriw, Thomas C. Shea, Steven A. Soper, Paul M. Armistead(2016). Microfluidics for the detection of minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia patients using circulating leukemic cells selected from blood . The Analyst. 141. (2). p. 640--651. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Joshua M. Jackson, James Taylor, Malgorzata Witek, Sally A. Hunsucker, Jennifer Paulsen Waugh, Yuri D. Fedoriw, Thomas C. Shea, Steven A. Soper, Paul M. Armistead(2015). Rapid Assessment of Minimal Residual Acute Myeloid Leukemia from Peripheral Blood Using a Microfluidic Chip . Blood. 126. (23). p. 1389--1389. American Society of Hematology

Soumya V. Nair, Malgorzata Witek, Joshua M. Jackson, Maria A. M. Lindell, Sally A. Hunsucker, Travis Sapp, Caroline E. Perry, Mateusz L. Hupert, Victoria Bae-Jump, Paola A. Gehrig, et al.(2015). Enzymatic cleavage of uracil-containing single-stranded DNA linkers for the efficient release of affinity-selected circulating tumor cells . Chemical Communications. 51. (15). p. 3266--3269. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Joshua M. Jackson, Mateusz L. Hupert, Steven A. Soper(2014). Discrete geometry optimization for reducing flow non-uniformity, asymmetry, and parasitic minor loss pressure drops in Z-type configurations of fuel cells . Journal of Power Sources. 269. p. 274--283. Elsevier {BV}

Mateusz L. Hupert, Joshua M. Jackson, Hong Wang, Małgorzata A. Witek, Joyce Kamande, Matthew I. Milowsky, Young E. Whang, Steven A. Soper(2014). Arrays of high-aspect ratio microchannels for high-throughput isolation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) . Microsystem Technologies. 20. (10-11). p. 1815--1825. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Swathi R. Pullagurla, Małgorzata A. Witek, Joshua M. Jackson, Maria A. M. Lindell, Mateusz L. Hupert, Irina V. Nesterova, Alison E. Baird, Steven A. Soper(2014). Parallel Affinity-Based Isolation of Leukocyte Subsets Using Microfluidics: Application for Stroke Diagnosis . Analytical Chemistry. 86. (8). p. 4058--4065. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Joshua M. Jackson, Małgorzata A. Witek, Mateusz L. Hupert, Charles Brady, Swathi Pullagurla, Joyce Kamande, Rachel D. Aufforth, Christopher J. Tignanelli, Robert J. Torphy, Jen Jen Yeh, et al.(2014). UV activation of polymeric high aspect ratio microstructures: ramifications in antibody surface loading for circulating tumor cell selection . Lab Chip. 14. (1). p. 106--117. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Katrina N. Battle, Joshua M. Jackson, Małgorzata A. Witek, Mateusz L. Hupert, Sally A. Hunsucker, Paul M. Armistead, Steven A. Soper(2014). Solid-phase extraction and purification of membrane proteins using a UV-modified PMMA microfluidic bioaffinity μSPE device . The Analyst. 139. (6). p. 1355--1363. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

J. W. Kamande, M. L. Hupert, M. A. Witek, H. Wang, R. J. Torphy, U. Dharmasiri, S. K. Njoroge, J. M. Jackson, R. D. Aufforth, A. Snavely, et al.(2013). Modular Microsystem for the Isolation, Enumeration, and Phenotyping of Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer . Analytical Chemistry. 85. (19). p. 9092--9100. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Joshua M. Jackson, Pietrina L. Brucia, Michael Messina(2011). An approach towards a simple quantum Langevin equation . Chemical Physics Letters. 511. (4-6). p. 471--481. Elsevier {BV}

BOOK CHAPTER

Joshua M. Jackson, Małgorzata A. Witek, Steven A. Soper(2016). Sinusoidal Microchannels with High Aspect Ratios for CTC Selection and Analysis . Circulating Tumor Cells. p. 85--126. John Wiley {\&} Sons, Inc