Expertise

Molecular biology of herpesviruses; herpesvirus pathogenesis; anti-herpesviral drugs

Current interests include:

1) understanding the mechanism by which herpesviruses package their DNA genomes and the discovery of antivirals that inhibit the packaging machinery,

2) determining the function of herpesvirus structural proteins that modulate "virus-to-cell" and "infected cell-to-cell fusion",

3) identifying viral genes involved in virulence, and

4) analysis of amino acid sequences involved in the targeting of viral proteins to specific locations. Molecular biology of herpesviruses; herpesvirus pathogenesis; anti-herpesviral drugs

 

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, College of Science, Purdue University Fort Wayne (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, College of Science, Purdue University Fort Wayne (past)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Microbiology and Immunology
1992 - 1996

Senior Research Scientist, Wyeth
1997 - 2003

Assistant Professor, Biology
1996 - 1997

Communities
Biological Science
Degrees
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 1992
BS, Indiana University Bloomington, Microbiology, 1986
Keywords
antiviral drugs biochemistry & molecular biology virology
Languages
English, French
Associations
American Society for Virology
American Society of Microbiology
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society