Samuel Y.

Samuel Y. has a diverse work experience in various fields. Samuel started as an intern at ET Healthcare in 2015, where they familiarized himself with basic lab skills and procedures. In 2016, they continued their internship at ET Healthcare and worked on prototyping myeloperoxidase immunoassay on the Pylon System and conducted market research for competitors' MPO immunoassays.

In 2017, Samuel worked as an intern at ET Healthcare again, assisting in research to determine differences in TnI complexes within post-myocardial infarction patients and determining the viability of excluding hexadimethrine bromide from various assays.

In 2019, Samuel interned at Thermo Fisher Scientific and became familiar with LC-MS systems and software. Samuel also evaluated existing protocols for human plasma sample preparation and developed a novel, high-throughput untargeted metabolomics sample prep workflow.

Samuel then worked as a staff photojournalist at The Bottom Line Newspaper in 2019, providing quality photographs for various topics.

In 2020, Samuel had internships at ET Healthcare and Vascular BioSciences. At ET Healthcare, they screened for a stable RBD & NP antibody-antigen pair protocol in a novel COVID-19 antigen immunoassay and optimized assays. At Vascular BioSciences, they created SOPs for drug prototype formulation and aided in writing a commercialization plan for CAR peptide as a COVID-19 drug adjuvant.

In 2021, Samuel worked as a contract researcher at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Currently, they are working at Gator Bio as a Senior Research Associate, where they are involved in assay applications and development, developing novel concepts and designs, and executing laboratory research to achieve feasibility goals.

Apart from their professional work, Samuel is also the founder of Samuel Yang Photography since 2016, where they provide professional portrait photography services and pursues fine arts photography as a hobby.

Samuel Y. attended University Preparatory Academy from 2012 to 2017. However, the information provided does not specify whether they obtained a degree or pursued a specific field of study during this time. Following their time at University Preparatory Academy, Samuel Y. enrolled at UC Santa Barbara from 2017 to 2021, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Immunology.