• Ph.D. Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University and over 14 years postdoctoral experience; in depth knowledge of virology drug discovery and development • 6 years Project Leader of infectious disease drug discovery and development program • Extensive experience in medical and scientific writing including IND filings, SBIR NIH grants, peer reviewed manuscripts, patent applications, research posters, marketing materials, press releases and research program summaries • Exemplary managerial, problem solving and communication skills coupled with demonstrated multitasking abilities • Proven ability to both lead and contribute to crossfunctional teams and deliver on project goals with aggressive timelines • Established track record for building collaborative relationships with academic investigators, clinicians and key opinion leaders

1. Shani Waninger
Director, Clinical Development at Advanced Brain Monitoring
Summary
• Ph.D. Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University and over 14 years postdoctoral experience; in depth
knowledge of virology drug discovery and development
• 6 years Project Leader of infectious disease drug discovery and development program
• Extensive experience in medical and scientific writing including IND filings, SBIR NIH grants, peer
reviewed manuscripts, patent applications, research posters, marketing materials, press releases and
research program summaries
• Exemplary managerial, problem solving and communication skills coupled with demonstrated
multitasking abilities
• Proven ability to both lead and contribute to crossfunctional teams and deliver on project goals with
aggressive timelines
• Established track record for building collaborative relationships with academic investigators, clinicians
and key opinion leaders
Experience :
Advanced Brain Monitoring (July 2014 - Present)
Director, Clinical Development
Cosmo Bio USA (December 2010 - December 2012)
Scientific Communication Specialist
• Scientific and technical writing for press release, product descriptions, web site content and
advertisements
• Advertisement design for print and banner ads for scientific journals using Adobe CS5
• Cosmo Bio USA company website design and maintenance
• HTML email campaign design and distribution
• Representation of the company at scientific conferences
• Proficiency in Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office
Adventrx Pharmaceuticals (April 2004 - October 2009)
Associate Director, Research and Development

2. • Project Team Leader and management of broad spectrum antiviral drug discovery and development
programs
• Lead author on SBIR NIH grants, peer reviewed manuscripts, pharm/tox, clinical and CMC section of
IND filings, patent applications, research posters, marketing materials and press releases
• Designed and presented infectious disease and oncology research program summaries to
pharmaceutical and biotech companies for new business partnerships and licensing opportunities
• Represented the company at national and international infectious disease conferences and presented
antiviral research programs
• Established and maintained collaborative relationships with national and international infectious
disease KOLs and potential business partners
• Expanded the company’s Intellectual Property portfolio in HIV and human and avian influenza with
application to therapeutic treatment of infected patients
• Lead author on press release, IND filings, SBIR NIH grants, peer reviewed manuscripts, patent
applications and research program summaries
• Designed, supervised and interpreted screening, efficacy and mechanistic antiviral studies for
therapeutics to HIV, human and avian influenza, HCV, WNV and rhinovirus
• Design and monitoring of outsourced pharmacology and toxicology for antiviral and oncology drug
candidates
• Design, supervision, execution and interpretation of screening, efficacy and mechanistic antiviral
studies on small molecule therapeutics for HIV, human and avian influenza, west nile virus and herpes
simplex virus
• Developed assays for higher throughput screening and efficacy studies of antiviral drug candidates
• Implemented and supervised BSL-2 and BSL-3 and trained all personnel
Immusol (April 2000 - April 2004)
Senior Scientist
• Developed and established combinatorial ribozyme libraries and identified novel therapeutic drug
targets for HIV, HCV and rhinovirus
• Validated drug targets and identified diverse affected steps in the viral replication cycle using siRNA
technology
• Developed and implemented assays for screening and validation of novel therapeutic drug targets

3. • Characterized the mechanism of identified and validated gene targets through cellular and enzymatic
virology methodology
• Led a research group of scientist in discovery of infectious disease drug targets
• Maintained and supervised BSL-3 and trained all BSL-3 scientists
University of California (1997 – 2000)
Postdoctoral Fellow
• Isolated HIV Pre-integration Complexes and developed model to study mechanism of nuclear import
and integration
• Characterized mechanism of specific steps of HIV integration using radiolabeled DNA fragment
substrates corresponding to integration intermediates and purified virally encoded proteins
• Developed a purification method for HIV integrase and integrase fragments
• Created HIV integrase variant virus through site directed mutagenesis, transfection and amplification
of virus
• Supervised and trained graduate and undergraduate students in BSL-2 and BSL-3 cell culture and
molecular biology studies
Johns Hopkins University (1991 to 1997)
Doctoral Student
Advisor: Dr. John J. Scocca
Thesis Topic: Intasome Assembly during Site Specific Recombination of HP1
• Identified and characterized key mechanistic steps in the integration of a HP1 including protein:protein
and protein:DNA interactions through biochemical and molecular biology methods
• Established a collaboration with leading structural scientists at the National Institutes of Health to
solve the structure of HP1 integrase through x-ray crystallography
Undergraduate Research (1990 to 1991)
Advisor
Dr. Alan C. Leonard
Research Topic: DNA Replication of Escherichia coli: Binding of DnaA to OriC DNA
Skills & Expertise:
Drug Discovery, Molecular Biology, Cell Culture, Biochemistry, Infectious Diseases, Assay Development,
Virology, DNA, Clinical Research, Transfection, ELISA, Cell, Validation

4. Education :
The Johns Hopkins University (1991 – 1997)
Ph.D., Biochemistry
Florida Institute of Technology (1988 – 1991)
Bachelor of Science (BS), Molecular Biology