Pejmon Afshar
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