Experience

UConn Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor and Director of Flow Cytometry

  • Aug 2011 - Present

  Head of the Flow Cytometry Core Facility at the University. We serve over 50 Laboratories, hundreds of researchers and the greater UCHC community. I am responsible for daily operation of the facility, user training, application development, and education.

• Post Doctoral Fellow

  • Feb 2008 - Aug 2011

  Developed an inducible antigen system to investigate CD8 T cell tolerance. Currently characterizing the self antigen response in these transgenic mice in the contexts of infection and immunological memory.



UMass Chan Medical School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Jun 2001 - Jan 2008

  Carried out scientific experiments for a thesis dissertation and subsequent Ph.D. Used a mouse model of viral infection (lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus) to define MHC class II-restricted killing in vivo by CD4 T cells and also characterized CD4 T cell-dependent polyclonal activation of B cells in vivo. Carried out scientific experiments for a thesis dissertation and subsequent Ph.D. Used a mouse model of viral infection (lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus) to define MHC class II-restricted killing in vivo by CD4 T cells and also characterized CD4 T cell-dependent polyclonal activation of B cells in vivo.



Stonehill College

• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Sep 2000 - May 2001

  Responsibilities included maintenance and operation of the transmission electron microscope as well as upkeep and cataloging the biological specimen collection in the biology department. Responsibilities included maintenance and operation of the transmission electron microscope as well as upkeep and cataloging the biological specimen collection in the biology department.