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Work Experience

• BIOL 203 (Anatomy and Physiology II), Wor-Wic Community College 2025
• BIOL 202 (Anatomy and Physiology I), Wor-Wic Community College 2025
• BIOL 110 (Foundations in Biology II – Cellular Structure and Function), Morgan State University 2024-2025
• BIOL109 (Foundations in Biology I – Biodiversity and Organismal Systems), Morgan State University 2023-2025
• BIOL 119 (Biology for Allied Health) Harford Community College 2024-2025
• BIOL 100 (Biology and Society) Online Lecture, Howard Community College 2023-2024
• BIOL 103 (Biology for Nursing Majors, Cell Biology and Human Physiology), Morgan State University 2022-2024
• BIOL 101 (Introductory Biology I for non-Majors), Morgan State University 2022-2025
• BIOL 102 (Introductory Biology II for Non-Majors), Morgan State University 2022
• CHEM 106 Lab (General Chemistry II), Morgan State University 2022
• CHEM 110 Lab (General Chemistry for Non-Majors), Morgan State University 2022
• Biology 107 (Fundamental Microbiology), Howard Community College (HCC) 2020-2021
• Biology 110 (Cellular and Molecular Biology, Lecture, Lab, Recitation) (CCBC) 2021
• CHEM 304 Lab (Biochemistry I), Morgan State University 2021
• Chemistry 105 Lab, (General Chemistry I), Morgan State University 2019

Committees

• Member of the course, exam, and proficiency placement test committee for Introductory Biology I & II for Science Majors 2024-2025
• Reviewer Board, International Journal of Pharmacy and Chemistry (Science PG) September 2020
• Editorial Board, American Journal of Applied Sciences (AJAS) 2014 – Present
• Reviewer Board, 22nd Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, UMBC, October 2019

Awards

• ORISE Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 2023
• Fellowship, Morgan State University, Maryland, USA 2018-2022
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Travel Award, USA 2020
• Assistantship, Morgan State University, Maryland, USA 2017

Publications

• “Investigation of bioluminescence-based assays for determination of kinetic parameters for the bifunctional Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W capsule polymerase”, Laleh Sheikhi Moghaddam, Ayobami Adegbite, Pumtiwitt C. McCarthy, BMC Research Notes, 14 (417), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05831-1

• “Meningococcal Vaccine: Current Status and Emerging Strategies”, Pumtiwitt McCarthy, Abeer Sharyan, Laleh Sheikhi Moghaddam, Vaccines (2018) 6, 12. Available at:
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/6/1/12

Presentations

• “Kinetic Studies of Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup W Capsule Polymerase Using Bioluminescence-Based Assays”, Experimental Biology, April 4-7, 2020. Published in The FASEB Journal, 34 (S1), April 2020,
https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.01904

• “Studies of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Capsule Polymerase Activity Using CMP-Glo and UDP- Glo Bioluminescence Assays”, 91st Annual National Technical Association Conference, Coppin State University, September 25-27, 2019.

• “Assessing Activity of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W glycotransferase with a Homogenous Acceptor by UDP-Glo Bioluminescence Assay,” Annual Meeting of Society for Glycobiology, November 9-12th, 2020.
Available: https://academic.oup.com/glycob/advance-article/doi/10.1093/glycob/cwaa094/5948902

• “Kinetics Studies of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Capsule Polymerase Activity Using UDP‐Glo Bioluminescence Assay,” John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, December 2019

• “Studies of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Capsule Polymerase Activity Using CMP-Glo and UDP-Glo Bioluminescence Assays,” NIH/FDA Glycoscience Seminar, Bethesda, July 2019

• “Studies of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Capsule Polymerase Kinetics Using CMP-Glo Bioluminescence Assays,” 26th Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Research Symposium, Morgan State University, April 2019.

• “Fluorescence and Bioluminescence Studies of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Capsule Polymerase Activity,” NIH&FDA Glycoscience Seminar, Bethesda, July 2018

• “Growth, Expression, Purification, and Activity Assay of CMP-Sialic Acid Synthetase for Vaccine Development against Neisseria meningitidis,” 251h Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Research Symposium, Morgan State University, April 2018.

Interests

Glycobiology, Chemoenzymatic Reactions to Produce Oligosaccharides, Protein Expression, Protein Purification (Nickel Chromatography), DNA Extraction, PCR, Transformation, HPLC (Anion Exchange, HILIC, SEC-HPLC)