ABOUT ME
I have been active in scientific research and continuously funded for over 40 years. As a professor at top-line universities, I have a long record of teaching formal classes at all levels. I have supervised undergraduate and graduate students in laboratory research, and have mentored numerous postdoctoral research associates and technicians from all over the world.
My areas of expertise include the analysis and manipulation of living cells and organisms, the design, validation, and deployment of electronic instruments, technical platforms and measurement devices for cellular analysis and manipulation, characterization of the regulation of gene expression in healthy and disease states, monitoring of environmental distributions of microbes, both beneficial and pathogenic, and characterization of large-scale distributions of species within the environment.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biological Instrumentation: How we discover, develop, and deploy new methods and platforms to examine living systems.
Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting: How we improve current technology to provide additional unique capabilities.
Quantum Biology: How we define and explore the interface between quantum mechanics and living systems.
Artificial Intelligence: How we deploy AI to provide novel capabilities for biological instruments.
EDUCATION
1970 - 1973
Cambridge University, England
B.A. Biochemistry.
1973 - 1976
Cambridge University, England
M.A., Ph.D. Biochemistry.
1976 - 1978
Stanford University, California
NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Biological Sciences.
1978 - 1988
Assistant & Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Biological Sciences.
1989 - 2024
Professor, University of Arizona, School of Plant Sciences, Bio5 Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, & Arizona Cancer Center.
2024 - present
Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona