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Education
- 2007 Ph.D., Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania
- 2000 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
- 2000 B.A., Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Professional Experience
- 2020-present – Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University-Camden
- 2013-2020 – Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, Rutgers University-Camden
- 2009-2013 – Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, Zemer Gitai’s Lab, Princeton University
- 2008-2009 – Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Pharmacology, Richard Assoian’s lab, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests
Bacterial sphingolipids. Bacterial mechanotransduction. Host-pathogen interactions. Bacterial morphology.
Fellowships, Awards & Grants
- NSF-RUI: Mechanisms and physiological functions of bacterial sphingolipids; PI (2022-2025)
- NSF-MRI: Acquisition of A MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer for Accurate Mass Determination of Biomolecules; Co-PI (2022-2023)
- NSF-BBSRC: SynBioSphinx: building designer lipid membranes for adaptive resilience to environmental challenges; PI (2020-2023)
- NSF-CAREER: Composition, mechanical properties, and synthesis of the Caulobacter crescentus stalk; PI (2016-2021)
- NSF-MRI: Acquisition of a femtosecond laser system to enable multiphoton polymerization, photoporation, and laser ablation in liquids research; Co-PI (2015-2017)
- Busch Biomedical Research Grant: Laser ablation synthesis of nanoparticles: innovations for antibiotic development; PI (2015-2017)
- Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral fellowship (NIH F32GM090684), 2010
Teaching
- Molecular carcinogenesis (56:120:530)
- General physiology (50:120:341)
- Essentials of Biophysics (56:121:565)