Jieun Kwon
Graduate Research Assistant
Morton Grove, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJieun Kwon is a research scientist and PhD candidate with 10 years of hands-on experience in microbiology and antibiotic drug discovery, currently leading experiments at Novalex Therapeutics to combat drug-resistant infections. Her work spans MIC, checkerboard, and enzyme inhibition assays, and she has a track record optimizing FabI inhibitors with demonstrated synergy against multidrug-resistant S. aureus and A. baumannii. Previously she investigated NETs in ocular disease and adapted cell lines to serum-free conditions, reflecting a broad experimental skill set across immunology and cell culture. Based in Morton Grove, IL, she combines academic rigor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine with startup drug-development experience and a published first-author study. Ambitious and network-oriented, she is actively exploring pathways to translate her research into impactful career opportunities.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry, Bachelor’s Degree, Chemistry at UIC College of Liberal Arts and SciencesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Graduate Educuation in Medical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Graduate Educuation in Medical Sciences at University of Illinois College of Medicine
English, Korean
Github Skills (46)
lists10
api10
backbonejs10
plugin9
cms9
api-rest9
flask-application9
edtech9
cockpit9
flask-api9
flask8
open-source8
webapp8
web-application7
lpc7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nhanvtran/directional-pixel-detectors
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
Taking 25ns movies
Contributions:128 commits, 88 PRs, 42 pushes in 10 months
reactjsjavascriptreactmovies
jieunyoo/boostedhiggs
Oct 2022 - May 2024
NanoAOD boosted higgs analysis package
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 84 pushes in 1 year 6 months
analysis-packagehiggspythonnanoaod
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