Associate Professor

• Jan 2015 - Present

General Education - Science Professor

• 2015 - Mar 2019

* teaching college level biology (anatomy and physiology) and nutrition - (lecturing, tutoring, grading) * curriculum/tests development & item writing NCLEX *** total teaching experience up to date: more than a decade * teaching college level biology (anatomy and physiology) and nutrition - (lecturing, tutoring, grading) * curriculum/tests development & item writing NCLEX *** total teaching experience up to date: more than a decade

Visiting Professor

• Mar 2013 - Jan 2016

* teaching college level chemistry/biochemistry, math (lecturing, tutoring, grading); * chemistry laboratories design/teaching; * blended teaching: onsite and online; * teaching college level chemistry/biochemistry, math (lecturing, tutoring, grading); * chemistry laboratories design/teaching; * blended teaching: onsite and online;

Visiting Professor

• Mar 2013 - Jan 2016

* teaching chemistry and math classes (tutoring, lecturing, proctoring, grading, laboratory) * chemistry/biology laboratory management, equipment and laboratories design/implementation * teaching chemistry and math classes (tutoring, lecturing, proctoring, grading, laboratory) * chemistry/biology laboratory management, equipment and laboratories design/implementation

Research Associate

• Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

Biomedical research, established professional connections/collaborations; Research focused on iron metabolism, chronic myelogenous leukemia, lipocalin, iron related tumor growth (cancer research); Skills developed during this training: histo-pathology (sample prep and analysis -automated and hand-made, including organ collection), stem cells collection and genetic manipulation, microscopy, molecular biology, protein biology, biochemistry, pre-clinical research (murine models), flow cytometry, blood collection and analysis Show less

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

• 2007 - 2009

Designing/performing research, writing articles and grants, analyzing data, workshop development and presentation (I designed and presented a major part of the angiogenesis workshop at the Vasculata Conference 2009 Cleveland Clinic), developed new techniques/experiments, data presentation (talks, posters at international and local conferences); Focused on drug design, drug delivery and testing in vitro and in vivo (peptides, peptido-mimetics) models; Skills developed: microscopy, molecular biology, protein biology, murine models of disease, flow cytometry, angiogenesis models, platelets and HUVEC cells experiments, angiogenesis assays. Mentored graduate and undergraduate students rotating in the lab. Show less

Teaching Assistant

• 2001 - 2007

*** 6 years extensive teaching experience at the college level in USA, *** 2 (two) First Place teaching awards Teaching (lecturing, laboratory preparation, supervision and design), proctoring, tutoring, grading, exam/quizzes preparation, writing articles, grants, presentations, employed online teaching techniques to enhance learning, with a major interest in making the classes taught interesting and captivating; As a graduate student, I also performed research (focus on cancer research drug development and testing), developed my own project, analyzed my data, wrote articles and grants (in particular I studied CK2 inhibitors effects on cellular apoptosis and tumor growth in various types of cancer with a focus on chronic myelogenous leukemia); presented my data (peer-reviewed) at various conferences like ASH, AHA, local and international ones (talks and posters). Show less