Brandon Apoo

Brandon Apoo has a diverse work experience beginning in 2013. Brandon worked as a Campaign Intern for the Suffolk County Democratic Committee, where they canvassed for current County Executive Steve Ballone and office potentials Bill Lindsay Jr. and Rob Calarco. In 2014, they worked as a Research Assistant at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where they administered treatments containing novel compounds to glioblastoma cell lines and conducted immunofluorescent and confocal microscopy, cell and yeast cultures, PCRs, plasmid and vector analysis, and other bench protocols. In 2016, they worked as a Machine Shop Teaching Assistant and a Teaching Assistant at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth. In 2017, they worked as a Research Assistant at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, where they created a tetrapolar instrument to study patient-derived xenografts and redesigned a dosimeter in LabVIEW. In 2020, they worked as a Research and Development Engineer at Metis Design Corporation, where they developed C applications for low power NXP microprocessors and programmed serial communication (I2C, UART, and SPI), direct memory access (DMA), and high-speed ADC drivers. Finally, in 2022, they began working as a Mechatronics Engineer at Culture Biosciences, where they are currently developing/validating firmware for next-gen bioreactor hardware (C++) using STM32 hardware, designing mechatronic solutions for automating bioprocessing, and troubleshooting existing hardware/firmware issues for 5L and 250mL systems.

Brandon Apoo obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Engineering Science from Dartmouth College in 2016. Brandon then attended the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, where they earned a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering in 2017. In 2015, Brandon participated in a Study Abroad Program at UADE, studying Argentine History, Art and Culture. Brandon is currently enrolled in the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, where they are pursuing a Master of Science (MS) in Applied Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Tissue Engineering. In addition to their educational achievements, Brandon has obtained certifications in C++/OOP from Codecademy and Certified SolidWorks Professional from Dassault Systèmes.