Education:

1986. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. B.S. Biochemistry.

1988. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. M.S. Animal Science. Specialization: Mineral Nutrition and Metabolism. 

2001. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. PhD. Animal Science. Specialization: Mineral Nutrition and Metabolism. 

Employment History:

 August 2009---Present:  Department of Natural Science. Saint Petersburg College. Clearwater Campus, Clearwater, Florida. 
Full time Faculty.
Responsibilities include teaching various science courses including anatomy and physiology.

July 2007--August 2009:  J W Mitchell High School.  New Port Richey, Florida.
Science Teacher.
Responsibilities included teaching honors biology, honors anatomy and physiology. Inaugaral staff member of the Academy of the Medical Arts magnet.

January 2003--August 2009:  Department of Natural Science. Saint Petersburg College.
Adjunct Instructor.
Responsibilities included teaching all biological sciences at various campuses.

August 2001--December 2002:  School of Agriculture.  Oklahoma Panhandle State University.  Goodwell, Oklahoma.
Assistant Professor.
Responsibilities included teaching advanced ruminant and nonruminant nutrition, biochemistry and organic chemistry.

August 1999--April 2001:  Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.  Texas A&M University.  College Station, Texas. 
Senior Research Associate.
Responsibilities included the generation, development, maintenance of different strains of Euplotes crasseus; lab management, multiple biological experimental techniques (library screening, probing, PCR, transformations, electrophoresis, cell lysis etc)

August 1996--July 1999:  Department of Animal Science.  Colorado State University.  Fort Collins, Colorado.
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant.
Responsibilities included dissertation research and several other nutritional research projects involving feedlot cattle in addition to student teaching every semester.

February 1993--August 1996:   Howard Hughes Medical Institution/Baylor College of Medicine. Department of Human Molecular Genetics. Houston, Texas.
Research Technician II.
Responsibilities included assisting in gene targeting mutations to create several "knock out" mice from ligation through confirmation for the study of several diseases including SLE, MS and collagen-induced skin disease, in addition to serving as lab radiation safety officer.

January 1989--November 1992:  Department of Animal Nutrition.  Texas A&M University.  College Station, Texas.
Research Assistant.
Responsibilities included supervision of graduate students; designing and conducting numerous research projects ranging from mineral nutrition to basic amino acid research (macro and micro mineral analyses, amino acid analyses, atomic absorption, UV/VIS and fluorescent spectrophotometry, and numerous culture and assay techniques).

May 1986--December 1988:  Department of Animal Nutrition. Texas A&M University.  College Station, Texas.
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant.
Responsibilities included thesis research and several other macro and micro mineral nutritional research projects.

Awards and Memberships:

Societies of Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta (Texas Alpha Chapter)  and Gamma Sigma Delta.

Faculty of the Year.  2012.  Saint Petersburg College.  Clearwater Campus. 

Publications:

Cell.  113:565:  Developmentally programmed gene elimination in Euplotes crasseus facilitates switch in telomerase catalytic subunit.  2003

The Professional Animal Scientitist.  19:251:  Phosphorus and vitamin D in beef finishing diets.  2003.

The Professional Animal Scientist.  18:286:  Case study:  Effects of dietary phosphorus and microbial phytase level on beef finishing performance.  2002.

Journal of Immunology.  159:2058:  ICAM-1 deficiency protects MRL/lpr mice from early lethality.  1997. (acknowledgement).

Journal of Immunology.  157:3153:  Reduced susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis in mice deficient i Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1.  1996.

Journal of Animal Science.  68:2181:  Site and extent of apparent magnesium absorption by lambs fed different sources of magnesium.  1990.

Journal of Animal Science.  66(Suppl. 1):31:  sit and level of apparent magnesium absorption in labs fed a polysaccharide complex of magnesium or magnesium oxide.  1988.