Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology

EDUCATION

Dissertation: Envelope sequence variation and immune selection of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in persistently infected rhesus monkeys.

Summa cum laude
Honors in Molecular and Cell Biology

RESEARCH TRAINING

Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Howard M. Temin

Mechanisms of retroviral mutation

Graduate student with Dr. Ronald C. Desrosiers

SIV genetic and antigenic variation

Undergraduate student with Dr. Richard J. Frisque

Analysis of naturally occurring BK virus variants

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor with tenure, 2001-present

Wright State University

Associate Professor, 1995-2001

Wright State University

Executive Board Member of the Great Lakes Center

     of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging

     Infectious Diseases Research, University of

     Chicago, 2005-present

Member of the Center for Retrovirus Research
     The Ohio State University, 1997-present

Member of the Graduate Faculty at Wright State Univ.
     Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program,1996-present
     Microbiol. & Immunol. M.S. Program, 1995-present
     Anatomy & Physiology M.S. Program, 2003-present

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Biological Safety Association

American Society for Virology

American Society for Microbiology

American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Albert J. Ryan Graduate Fellowship, 1991-92

Office of Naval Res. Grad. Fellowship, 1986-89

Katherine Wills Coleman Grad. Fellowship, 1986