I have been at Seton Hall University teaching Microbiology, Senior Biology Seminar, Emerging & Infectious Diseases, Microbial Physiology, and Bioinformatics since 2008. My teaching philosophy is to integrate research into science education. My current research interests include: (1) A novel approach using natural products and its derivatives as potential therapeutic agents for diseases; (2) Study of physiological response to various stress factors on bacteria; (3) Environmental probes development for prediction, early detection and prevention of algal blooms; (4) Molecular mechanism of lytic/lysogenic Cyanophage AS-1 life cycle; (5) Genome projects and bioinformatic analyses of cyanobacteria and cyanophage. Education Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey B.S. in Molecular Biology, Montclair State University
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Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria and Other Phytoplankton in Northern New Jersey Freshwater Bodies (with Matthew J. Rienzo), International Perspectives on Water Quality Management and Pollutant Control (2013)
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate modulates oxidative stress in exocrine glands of a primary Sjogren’s syndrome mouse model prior to disease onset (with Seiji Ohno, Hongfang Yu, Douglas Dickinson, Kalu Ogbureke, Scott DeRossi, Tetsuya Yamamoto, and Stephen Hsu), Autoimmunity (2012)
Inhibition of Herpes simplex virus type 1 with the modified green tea polyphenol pamitoyl-epigallocatechin gallate. (with Aline de Oliveira, Sandra Adams, Lee H. Lee, Sean R. Murray, Stephen D. Hsu, Jeffrey R. Hammond, Douglas Dickinson, and Ping Chen), Food and Chemical Toxicology (2012)
Protamine-like proteins in 12 sequenced species of Drosophila (with Zain Alvi, Valerie Schawaroch, and Angela Klaus), Protein Pept Lett. (2012)