Nina Herz

Conducted risk assessment, model development, and analysis of ongoing and historical outbreaks relevant to Munich Re claims. Additionally assisted with project management tasks, public and private sector client collaboration, and moderated international meetings.

Managed internal biobank, wrote instruction manuals of specific processes, and continued patient sample processing.

Employed NGS sequencing techniques for Precision Medicine diagnosis of cancer patients with Illumina and Hamilton technologies.

Short term position performing COVID-19 PCR tests for school-aged children in Bavaria, Germany.

Supervised and trained a ten-member team in COVID-19 PCR testing and reporting procedures in high-pressure environment.

Performed high-volume automated nucleic acid extraction and PCR testing for COVID-19 diagnosis during the pandemic.

Transcribed health data and communicated with patients undergoing COVID-19 testing.

Assisted with metagenomic pipe-line optimization and generated visuals of large-scale ‘omics data sets for research projects with the Department of Biosystems Engineering.

Conducted PCR and performed testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae research with the Department of Immunobiology.

Organized study sessions for students and assisted during lectures and Intro Microbiology course.

Authored the “Arizona County Profiles Handbook” with county data and used ArcGIS to generate state maps.

Graduated Magna Cum Laude