EXPERTISE
Scientific Consulting
Scientific Society and Board Memberships
Expert Witness
1982-83: University Genetics.
1984-88: Agrigenetics.
1995-97: Monsanto Corporation.
2000-04: High Throughput Genomics.
2000-04: Ventana Medical Systems.
2010-present: Gerson-Lehrman Group.
2012-13: FloCyte Associates.
2013-2021: Cytozyme.
2014-16: Duarte Nursery.
2015-16: Chromocell Corporation.
2016-18: Driscoll's.
2019-2020: Beckman-Coulter.
2021: Verdesian Life Sciences LLC.
2021: Ohalo Genomics.
2022-2024: Inso Biosciences.
2003: Elected Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of
Science (AAAS).
2008-11: Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Accuri Cytometers, Inc.
2016-20: Secretary, International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry.
2015: Sidley Austin LLP. Major patent infringement litigation in the area of cytometer applications. Provided detailed analysis. Case was settled out-of-court.
2019-21: Cooley LLP. Major trade-secret litigation in the area of cytometer applications. Engaged as Expert Witness providing detailed analyses. Case was settled out of court.
International Experience
I have extensive experience in research collaborations world-wide. Beyond the U.S.A., I have worked on specific projects with scientists, industrialists, and students in The Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, France, The United Kingdom, Poland, Portugal, P.R. China, India, Pakistan, The Philippines, Japan, Colombia, and Mexico. I have coordinated large-scale research projects to successful conclusions. I am well-aware of and sensitive to cultural differences between countries, and am willing and able to negotiate these without presuppositions or prejudice.
Presentations to Industry
July 1982: Phytogen, Pasadena; August 1982: University Genetics, Norwalk; June 1988: Coulter, New York; January 1992: Zynaxis, Philadelphia; February 1992: Molecular Probes, Eugene; June 1994: Smith-Klein-Beecham, London; November 1995: Monsanto, St. Louis; May 1996: Ceregen, St. Louis; October 1996: Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston; September 1998: Quantum Biotech, La Jolla; September 1999: Epicyte, San Diego; September 1999: Novartis, San Diego; February 2000: BioRad, Hercules; May 2000: KeyGene, Wageningen; August 2000: Miltenyi Biotec, Bergisch Gladbach; October 2000: Stratagene, La Jolla; October 2000: Ceres Inc., Malibu. January 2001: Agilent, Palo Alto; January 2001: BASF, Raleigh; November 2001: GeneMachines, San Carlos; January 2002: Breault Research, Tucson; January 2002: G.T.E.C., Tucson; August 2005: Insightful, Seattle; September 2007: Ceres, Inc., Thousand Oaks; September 2007: Pioneer Hi-Bred, Ames, Iowa; November 2008: Vidar Systems, Herndon; May 2010: SAGE Bionetworks, Seattle; June 2012: Regeneron, White Plains; November 2012: DowAgrosciences, Indianapolis; July 2017: Becton Dickinson/Biocompare Webinar; May 2018: Becton-Dickinson/BioLine Webinar; April 2019: Beckman-Coulter Inc., Suzhou, China; January 2020: NanoCellect, La Jolla. October 2021: Ohalo Genetics, Aptos.
Plenary and Keynote Presentations
June 1985: Gordon Conference, Plymouth; June 1986: NSF-Japan joint biotechnology workshop, Honolulu; November 1986: Third Annual Conference of the French Association for Flow Cytometry, Gif-sur-Yvette; November 1986: DOE sponsored workshop: Analysis of plant chromosomes and genomes, Los Alamos National Laboratory; May 1988: NSF Interkingdom Workshop: Membrane Traffic and Recycling in Eukaryotes, Tampa; October 1991: Rocky Mountain Cytometry Association Biennial Meeting, Vail; November 1999: Chips to Hits ’99, Berkeley; May 2000: ISAC XX, Montpellier, France; March 2001: Brazil International Genome Conference, Agras dos Reis, Brazil; January 2002: Plant, Animal and Microbe Genomes X Conference, San Diego; May 2002: ISAC XXI, San Diego; September 2002: 2nd Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics, Washington, D.C.; September 2002: Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand; March 2003: Maize Genetics meeting, Lake Geneva; May 2003: 2nd National Congress in Analytical Cytology, Brno, Czech Republic; May 2003:1st. International Cytomics Conference, Cardiff, Wales; July 2003: SEB Symposium, Durham, England; October 2004: 1st Annual ACPFG Research Symposium, Adelaide, Australia; May 2005: Victorian Microarray Technology Consortium, Melbourne, Australia; August 2006:
Gordon Conference, Mt. Holyoke College, Massachusetts, June 2007: Annual Meeting of the Czech Society for Analytical Cytology, Brno, Czech Republic; October 2009: DGfZ (German Cytometry Society) Annual Meeting, Leipzig, Germany; October 2009: GIC (Italian Cytometry Society) Annual Meeting, Ferrara, Italy; May 2010: IVth International Congress in Flow Cytometry, Bogota, Colombia; September 2010: Microbial Single Cell Genomics Workshop 2010, Bigelow Laboratory, Boothbay Harbor, Maine; May 2011: CYTO 2011: XXVIth Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, Baltimore; November 2011: SUMMIT 2011: Inaugural meeting of the Southern California Flow Cytometry Association, Los Angeles; January 2013: CellTech 2013 - Flow Cytometry, San Diego; January 2014: PepTalk 2014, Palm Springs; March 2015: SEFCIG Annual Meeting, Atlanta; February 2020: Cytometrists of Western States Foundational Meeting, Scottsdale. January 2021: New Crops Journal Kick-off Conference, Henan University, China. June 2021: CYTO2021 Virtual Conference Environmental Cytometry interest group coordinator. June 2021: Second International Workshop on Exotic Flow Cytometry, Casaccia, Italy. September 2021: GLIIFCA Great Lakes International Imaging and Flow Cytometry Association. November 2021: Australian Cytometry Society Conference. June 2022: CYTO2022 Philadelphia. November 2022: Third International Workshop on Exotic Flow Cytometry, Casaccia, Italy. May 2024: CYTO2024 Edinburgh. May 2026: Fourth International Workshop on Exotic Flow Cytometry, Casaccia, Italy.
Scientific Workshops
August, 1988, September, 1989, and September, 1991: EMBO Practical Course: Flow cytometry and sorting in molecular biology, Cologne; November 1994: Short Course in Plant Flow Cytometry, Casaccia, Rome; June 1998: Second International School And Conference on Flow and Image Cytometry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; September 1998: Annual Royal Microscopical Society Flow Cytometry Course, Sheffield University, England; June 1999, June 2001, June 2003, June 2005, June 2007, June 2009, June 2011, June 2013, June 2015, June 2017, June 2019, June 2021: Biennial Course in Flow Cytometry, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1999-2007), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (2009-17), University of Wisconsin Madison (2019); June 2005: 1st Portuguese Microarray Workshop, The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal; June 2006, June 2008, June 2010, June 2012, June 2014, June 2016, June 2018, June 2020, June 2022, June 2024: Biennial National Flow Cytometry Course, Bowdoin College, Maine (2006-2018) University of Wisconsin Madison (2022-24). August 2006: Second Plant Microarray Short Course, Boston; October 2007: 2nd Portuguese Microarray Workshop, The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal; July 2013: QIMR Flow Cytometry Methods Course and Workshop, Queensland Institute for Medical Research, Australia.