University of Michigan-Flint

Joined UM-Flint faculty in 2010.

Education: B.S., Basic Medical Sciences, University of the Philippines (Manila); M.S., Pharmacology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Lubbock, TX); Ph.D., Pharmacology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Lubbock, TX)

Relevant Experience: Postdoctoral Research Scientist - (electrophysiology of ion channels), Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine (Goettingen, Germany), Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO), Albert Einstein Universtiy College of Medicine (Bronx, NY)/(epigenetics of Alzheimer's disease), Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Springfield, IL)

Teaching Areas: anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, neuroscience

Courses Taught: BIO 326 (Cell Biology); BIO 432/532 (Mammalian Physiology); BIO 434 (Human Anatomy), Special topics (Basic Pharmacology)

Research Interests: epigenetic mechanisms of metastasis in cancer cells, epigenetics of neural plasticity, exercise physiology