hsu-ching wintz

realtor

About

REALTOR, Biofuel Research Scientist, Genetic and Metabolic Engineer at Red Oak Realty

Country

united states

City

san francisco

Industry

biotechnology

Skill

molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, research, biotechnology, pcr, biofuels, protein purification, laboratory, metabolic engineering, life sciences, cell culture, protein expression, characterization, molecular cloning, dna extraction, synthetic biology, western blotting, lifesciences, data analysis, physiology, polymerase chain reaction, real estate transactions, purification, genomics, microscopy, genetic engineering, protein chemistry, fermentation, enzymes, science

Experience

scientist

institut de biologie moleculaire des plantes

1994-1 - 1997-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

specialist

uc berkeley

2009-1 - 2014-6 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Metabolic and genetic engineering of cyanobacteria, green algae and tobacco, for the production of biofuel molecules including isoprene, and other terpenoids. Methods and tools development for genetic and metabolic engineering in algae and tobacco plants. Manipulation of genetic elements to drive specific gene expression and protein targeting.

principal scientist

del monte fresh produce n.a., inc

2008-3 - 2008-10 · 8 mos

* Project leader on plant metabolic engineering. * Managed molecular biology research projects and oversee other group’s projects including plant transformation and microbiology. * Managed research associates. * Developed and established methodologies for cloning and binary vector construction. * Developing selection marker systems for plant transformation.

senior scientist

amyris

2007-3 - 2007-10 · 8 mos

* Biofuels research. * Metabolic engineering using microorganisms for biofuel production through genetic manipulations.

researcher

uc berkeley

1999-10 - 2004-8 · 4 yrs 11 mos

* Biohydrogen production in the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii through genetic engineering. * Made the discovery of the chloroplast sulfate transport system in photosynthetic eukaryotes, including isolation and characterization of encoding genes and proteins. * Published four articles. * Obtained a global patent on hydrogen production.

realtor

red oak realty

2014-12 - Present · 11 yrs 10 mos

senior scientist

del monte fresh produce n.a., inc

2004-8 - 2007-3 · 2 yrs 8 mos

* Project leader on plant metabolic engineering. * Set-up a laboratory for molecular biology research. * Developed molecular biology research projects. * Managed a research group of three researchers. * Isolated several novel constitutive or tissue-specific promoters. * Isolated of a number of genes encoding enzymes of different plant secondary metabolites biosynthetic pathways. * Constructed over 50 expression vectors for plant transformation. * Filed a world patent.