Pejmon Afshar


Post-Secondary Education

Texas State University
Master of Science
Biology

Texas State University
Bachelor of Science
Biology


Teaching Experience

Austin Community College - Austin/Texas: Summer 2020-Present: Associate Professor of Biology

Austin Community College - Austin/Texas: Summer 2008- Summer 2020: Adjunct, Professor- Microbiology for Health Sciences (BIOL 2420) and Microbiology 2421

Austin Community College - Austin/Texas: Summer 2019-Summer 2020: Faculty Mentor (SEM)

South University- Online:  Adjuct Biology Instructor- Public Health Education

HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY- AUSTIN/TX: Adjunct instructor - Biology Department


Professional Publications

Experience:

AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE | AUSTIN, TX                                                      May 2008 – Aug 2020

Faculty Mentor-Science Engineering Math Department

  • Assisted assigned students to navigate degree programs and engaged with students in regular review of degree plan progress.
  • Provided mentorship that encouraged, supported, and guided assigned students in their academic and professional development and contributed to student persistence, retention and completion.

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES | CEDAR CREEK, TX                                                 October 2008 – Jan 2018

Quality Assurance Supervisor-Bioreagents Complaints

Roles and Responsibilities as a Genomics QA  Supervisor (Bioreagents Complaints)

  • Managed interdepartmental / global teams to investigate and correct root cause of all verified complaints through the established CAPA system
  • Performed CAPA and failure analysis for complaints, as necessary
  • Trained other quality controls personnel on data analysis.
  • Performed lab experiments using techniques such as qPCR, FISH and Microarray-Based Gene Expression Analysis.
  • Validated new instruments such as qPCR as part of new product developement.

RULES BASED MEDICINE | AUSTIN, TX                                                           June 2007-November 2007

Research Associate: Responsible for designing and conducting experiments, analyzing, interpreting and reporting results.

 



Published: January 30, 2024