diane ryu

The German Academic Exchange Research Fellowship is a one year grant awarded to highly qualified candidates who have completed a Master's degree, or in exceptional cases a Bachelor's degree, to carry out an independent research project in Germany. I worked with RKI's Project Group 3 - Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, coordinating a research project utilizing Next Generation Sequencing. I delivered a presentation to RKI’s employees, president and board members to successfully secure competitive research funding. I am a co-author in a research publication published in Oxford Journal’s Molecular Biology and Evolution

I maintained and constructed trails for Great Basin National Park, camping for the entire duration of service. I earned highest score (Excellent) at end-of-project performance evaluation.

I dedicated 20 hours a week to developing and assisting with recreational opportunities for diverse youths and assisted in the implementation of new trail head and interpretive signs for newly established urban trails of partner organization, The South Fork Conservancy. This position was formed in partnership with The South Fork Conservancy and the Greening Youth Foundation.

I was selected as one of twelve fellows by the Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory College to conduct research on best modes of advocating for and integrating multidisciplinary learning environments. The findings were presented to Emory deans.

I assisted students interested in summer study abroad programs and programs in Africa, focusing on providing answers for financial aid assistance - particularly the Gilman Scholarship; I created blog posts for the CIPA Blog and represented CIPA at various study abroad fairs and pre-departure orientations given to hundreds of students.

Grant supported independent project on identifying polyomaviruses in wild mountain gorillas in Rwanda as a means of better understanding immunocompromised health status- particularly pregnant vs non-pregnant individuals. Developed skills in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), DNA extraction from fecal samples with Roboklon kit and Sanger sequencing

Venture For America is a fellowship for recent grads who want to learn how to build a business while making an impact. VFA Fellows get training and join a startup in an emerging US city, where they live and work for two years at one of our hundreds of partner companies. They learn hands-on what it takes to build a company, while getting the mentorship, network, and ongoing support to prepare themselves to become successful entrepreneurs. Our goal is to spark job growth in cities that need it by sending our top-talent to help grow the businesses that will make it happen. Learn more at www.ventureforamerica.org.

* InfoSense is the manufacturer of an acoustic assessment tool that helps utilities screen sewer pipes for blockages. My responsibilities and achievements include: * ● Grew email communications strategy from 2 annual eblast to over 30 localized campaigns, sending over 30k emails annually * ● Reduced email bounce rates from 25% to 10% by developing database cleaning and management process integrating CRM and product software client database * ● Built, developed content, and launched a new website through WordPress that increased traffic to product page by 80% in first 6 months of launch * ● Launched a marketing calendar platform to manage $150k marketing budget and automate task delegation * ● Write and edit content such as spec sheets distributed at conferences * quick guides for app distributed with sales * magazine articles (Trenchless Technology * Municipal Sewer & Water) * product overview videos * ● Completed courses in Google Analytics (Tech Talent South) * Product Management (Coursera) * ArcGIS (Coursera)