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% CV (longer) in Latex
% Author: Kian Faizi
% Forked from: https://github.com/jakegut/resume
% License: MIT
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%%%%%%  RESUME STARTS HERE  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


\begin{document}

\begin{center}
    \textbf{\Huge Kian Faizi} \\ \vspace{1pt}
    \href{mailto:kian@caltech.edu}{kian@caltech.edu} $|$ 
    \href{https://www.kianfaizi.com/}{kianfaizi.com} $|$
    \href{https://www.github.com/kfaizi/}{github.com/kfaizi}
\end{center}


%-----------EDUCATION-----------
\section{Education}

\resumeSubHeadingListStart

\place
{California Institute of Technology}
{Pasadena, CA}

\role
{PhD in Systems Biology}
{Sep.\ 2021 -- present}

\vspace{4pt}

\place
{University of California, San Diego}
{La Jolla, CA}

\role
{BS in Molecular Biology, Minor in Mathematics}
{Aug.\ 2017 -- June\ 2021}

      % \resumeItemListStart
      %   \resumeItem{Selected coursework: Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Computational Linear Algebra, Dynamical Systems, Genome Editing, Statistics, Stochastic Processes}
      % \resumeItemListEnd
\resumeSubHeadingListEnd

    % \resumeSubheading
    %   {International School of Kuala Lumpur}{Aug.\ 2013 -- June 2017}
    %   {I.B. Diploma, Earth Club President, Varsity Basketball Team Captain}{Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia}


%-----------RESEARCH EXPERIENCE-----------
\section{Experience}

\resumeSubHeadingListStart

\place
{California Institute of Technology}
{Pasadena, CA}

\role
{PhD Student, Dr.\ Rob Phillips}
{Sep.\ 2021 -- present}
\vspace{6pt}

\place
{Harvard Medical School}
{Boston, MA}

\role
{Visiting Postgraduate Fellow, Dr.\ Pam Silver}
{June\ 2022 -- Aug.\ 2022}
\vspace{6pt}


\place
{Salk Institute for Biological Studies}
{La Jolla, CA}

\role
{Lab Technician, Dr.\ Wolfgang Busch}
{Nov.\ 2019 -- Sep.\ 2021}
\vspace{6pt}


\role
{Volunteer Research Assistant, Dr.\ Patrick Hsu}
{Nov.\ 2018 -- Nov.\ 2019}
\vspace{6pt}


\resumeSubHeadingListEnd



%----------PUBLICATIONS-------
\section{Publications}

\begin{etaremune}
  
  \pub{\textbf{Kian Faizi}, Niko McCarty, and Sasha Targ.}
  {Free-living chloroplasts: a preliminary investigation.}
  {New Science}
  {2024}
  {\href{https://research.newscience.org/2024/free-living-chloroplast/free-living-chloroplast}{newscience.org}}
  
  \pub{Rosalind Wenshan Pan, Tom Röschinger, \textbf{Kian Faizi}, and Rob Phillips.}
  {Dissecting endogenous genetic circuits from first principles.}
  {arXiv}
  {2024}
  {\href{https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.15880}{10.48550/arXiv.2401.15880}}

  \pub{Jingyi Wei, Peter Lotfy, \textbf{Kian Faizi}, Sara Baungaard, Emily Gibson, Eleanor Wang, Hannah Slabodkin, Emily Kinnaman, Sita Chandrasekaran, Hugo Kitano, Matthew G. Durrant, Connor V. Duffy, April Pawluk, Patrick D. Hsu, and Silvana Konermann.}
  {Deep learning and CRISPR-Cas13d ortholog discovery for optimized RNA targeting.}
  {Cell Systems}
  {2023}
  {\href{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2023.11.006}{10.1016/j.cels.2023.11.006}}

  \pub{Matthieu Pierre Platre, Preyanka Mehta, Zachary Halvorson, Ling Zhang, Lukas Brent, Matias Gleason F., \textbf{Kian Faizi}, Callum Goulding, and Wolfgang Busch.}
  {Root Walker: an automated pipeline for large scale quantification of early root growth responses at high spatial and temporal resolution.}
  {The Plant Journal}
  {2023}
  {\href{https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16493}{10.1111/tpj.16493}}

  \pub{\textbf{Kian Faizi}.}
  {In Defense of Basic Science.}
  {Caltech Letters}
  {2022}
  {\href{https://caltechletters.org/viewpoints/in-defense-of-basic-science}{caltechletters.org}}

  \pub{\textbf{Kian Faizi}.}
  {Reversing 1.5 Billion Years of Evolution.}
  {New Science}
  {2022}
  {\href{https://doi.org/10.56416/720qud}{10.56416/720qud}}

  \pub{Illia Ziamtsov, \textbf{Kian Faizi}, and Saket Navlakha.}
  {Branch-Pipe: Improving graph skeletonization around branch points in 3D point clouds.}
  {Remote Sensing.}
  {2021}
  {\href{https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13193802}{10.3390/rs13193802}}
  
\end{etaremune}


%-----------HONORS AND AWARDS-----------
\section{Honors and Awards}

\resumeSubHeadingListStart

\entry
{Center for Evolutionary Science}
{project grant (\$10k) $|$ Caltech}
{Feb.\ 2024}

\entry
{New Science}
{summer fellowship (\$33k) $|$ New Science Research, Inc.}
{Mar.\ 2022}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Inaugural cohort of 5 international researchers. Project: \emph{Engineering a free-living\\ chloroplast}, proposed independently}
% \resumeItemListEnd

\entry
{Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute}
{scholarship project award $|$ UCSD}
{May\ 2021}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Recognizes a graduating student for their impact on UCSD's data science community}
% \resumeItemListEnd

% \entry
% {\textbf{DOE CSGF} honorable mention}
% {$|$ Krell Institute}
% {Apr.\ 2021}

\entry
{Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute}
{scholarship (\$2.5k) $|$ UCSD}
{Dec.\ 2019}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Project: \emph{Single-cell transcriptomics and web mining for rapid reverse genetics in plants},\\ proposed under Dr.\ Wolfgang Busch}
% \resumeItemListEnd

\entry
{Eureka!}
{scholarship (\$5k) $|$ UCSD}
{June\ 2019}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Project: \emph{Discovery and development of Type VI-D CRISPR effectors for transcriptome\\ engineering applications}, proposed under Dr.\ Patrick Hsu}
% \resumeItemListEnd

\resumeSubHeadingListEnd




%-----------TEACHING EXPERIENCE-----------
\section{Teaching}

\resumeSubHeadingListStart

\entry
{Galápagos Expedition and DNA Bootcamp}
{teaching assistant $|$ Caltech}
{2024}

\entry
{Evolution}
{teaching assistant $|$ Caltech}
{2024}

\entry
{Current Research in Biology and Biological Engineering}
{teaching assistant $|$ Caltech}
{2023, 2024}

\entry
{Physical Biology Bootcamp}
{teaching assistant $|$ Caltech}
{2023, 2024}

\entry
{The Great Ideas of Biology}
{head teaching assistant \href{https://bi1.caltech.edu/2024/}{(course site)} $|$ Caltech}
{2023, 2024}

\entry
{Principles of Biology}
{teaching assistant $|$ Caltech}
{2022}

\entry
{Genetic Inquiry}
{instructional assistant $|$ UCSD}
{2020}

\resumeSubHeadingListEnd


%-----------MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE-----------
\section{Mentorship, Leadership, and Service}


\resumeSubHeadingListStart

\entry
{Caltech GO-Outdoors}
{leading field-based education for local K-12 classrooms \href{https://go-outdoors.caltech.edu/}{(site)}}
{2024 -- present}

\entry
{Technical advisor}
{for various climate-focused funding programs:}
{2023 -- present}
\resumeItemListStart
  \resumeItem{Homeworld Collective Garden Grants: reviewed proposals on protein engineering for sustainability (\$1m awarded) \href{https://homeworld.bio/grants/}{(site)}}
  \resumeItem{50Y Manifest Climate Grants: evaluated ``fast grants'' for high-risk, high-reward climate biotech projects (\$1m awarded) \href{https://www.fiftyyears.com/manifestclimate}{(site)}}
  \resumeItem{Caltech Rocket Fund: prepared and presented due diligence reports on cleantech startups competing for non-dilutive funding ($\sim$\$800k awarded) \href{https://rocketfund.caltech.edu/}{(site)}}
\resumeItemListEnd
\vspace{-5pt}

\entry
{Research mentor}
{for visiting high school students:}
{2023 -- present}
\resumeItemListStart
  \resumeItem{G.\ Milo: modeling freshwater eutrophication and algal blooms}
  \resumeItem{S.\ Bhattacharya, A.\ Bhate: mapping human impacts on global phosphorus cycling}
\resumeItemListEnd
\vspace{-5pt}

\entry
{Caltech Rocket Fund}
{editorial staff for monthly cleantech newsletter}
{2023 -- present}

\entry
{Pasadena Unified Innovation Expo}
{volunteer judge for K-8 science fair \href{https://www.pusd.us/departments/stem/innovation-exposition}{(site)}}
{2023, 2024}

\entry
{Caltech Biology}
{lead organizer for recruitment weekend}
{Jan.\ 2023}

\entry
{Caltech Annual Teaching Conference}
{workshop facilitator for new TAs \href{https://ctlo.caltech.edu/universityteaching/events/conference}{(site)}}
{Sep.\ 2022}

\entry
{Caltech Accountability Partners Program}
{peer mentor for prospective students \href{https://sfp.caltech.edu/diversity-programs/future-ignited/capp}{(site)}}
{Aug.\ 2022}

\entry
{Caltech Mycology Club}
{member; helped establish indoor co-op mushroom farm}
{Dec.\ 2021 -- present}

\entry
{UCSD Tritons Connect}
{peer mentor for alumni}
{May\ 2021 -- May\ 2022}

\entry
{UCSD Undergraduate Bioinformatics Club}
{member}
{Nov.\ 2017 -- June\ 2021}
  
\resumeSubHeadingListEnd


%----------POSTERS & PRESENTATIONS-------
% \section{Posters and Presentations}

% \resumeSubHeadingListStart

% \entry
% {Gordon Research Conference}
% {on Mechanisms of Microbial Transcription $|$ \textit{Manchester, NH}}
% {June.\ 2023}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Poster: Phosphorus dynamics, from genomes to ecosystems}
% \resumeItemListEnd

% \entry
% {New Science Demo Day}
% {$|$ \textit{Cambridge, MA}}
% {Sep.\ 2022}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Talk: Towards a free-living chloroplast}
% \resumeItemListEnd

% \entry
% {HDSI Research Conference}
% {$|$ \textit{La Jolla, CA}}
% {Oct.\ 2020}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Talk: Co-expression analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data}
% \resumeItemListEnd

% \entry
% {UCSD Summer Research Conference}
% {$|$ \textit{La Jolla, CA}}
% {Aug.\ 2019}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Talk: Mining genomes for RNA-targeting CRISPR effectors}
% \resumeItemListEnd

% \entry
% {UCSD Biology Student Research Showcase}
% {$|$ \textit{La Jolla, CA}}
% {June\ 2019}
% \resumeItemListStart
%   \resumeItem{Poster: Metagenomic discovery of Type VI-D CRISPR effectors}
% \resumeItemListEnd

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