ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Graduate Field of Genetics, Genomics and Development

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Investigating white and beige adipose stem cells, their niche and their contribution to adipose tissue development, homeostasis, expansion and thermogenesis

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING

UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Developmental Biology and Division of Endocrinology Department of Internal Medicine

EDUCATION

DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY      
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Nutrition

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
State University of New York at Cortland, Biological Sciences Concentration in Environmental Science

SPECIALITIES

Adipose tissue biology
Adipose stem cells
Fate mapping
Niche biology
Metabolism
Cell signaling
Microscopy