University of Michigan-Flint

Joined UM-Flint faculty in 1996.

Education: B.A. Biology, Thiel College, 1984; M.S. Microbiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988; Ph.D. Cellular and Molecular Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992

Teaching Areas: Genetics, Molecular Biology of Procaryotes, Molecular Biology of Eucaryotes, Molecular Genetics of Cancer.

Courses Taught: BIO 328 (Genetics), BIO 467 (Molecular Biology of Procaryotes), BIO 468 (Molecular Biology of Eucaryotes), BIO 501 (Graduate Seminar)

Research Interests: Structure, function, and trafficking of secretory system endoproteases; role of endoproteases in metastasis.