ABOUT ME
Having been active in scientific research and continuously funded for over 40 years, I have become an expert in multiple areas. At the same time, as a professor at top-line universities, I have a long track record of excellent teaching and educational activities, and have taught formal classes at all undergraduate and graduate levels. I have supervised undergraduate and graduate students in research projects in my laboratory, and have mentored numerous postdoctoral research associates and technicians.
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 develop and deploy new methods and platforms to examine living systems.
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Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting: How we improve an existing technology to provide additional capabilities.
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Quantum Biology: How we explore the interface between quantum mechanics and living systems.
Artificial Intelligence: How we employ AI to provide novel capabilities for biological instrumentation.
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.
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1978 - 1988
Assistant & Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Biological Sciences.
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1989 - present
Professor, University of Arizona, School of Plant Sciences, Bio5 Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, & Arizona Cancer Center.