Areas of Interest
Understand how cells detect and respond to external chemotactic signals that are detected by GPCRs, and, in particular, how the spatial and temporal relay of chemotactic signals between cells impact single and group cell migration in the context of inflammation and cancer metastasis.
Honors & Awards
Co-organizer, International Dictyostelium Conference, 2019
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018
NCI Director’s Award, 2016
Editorial Board Member, PLoS Biology, 2016-present
Federal Technology Transfer Award, 2015 & 2016
Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, 2015
Chair, Directed Cell Migration Gordon Conference, 2015
Arthur S. Flemming Award, 2013
NIH Merit Award, 2006 & 2012
Editorial Board Member, Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2011-present
Mini Symposium Chair, Cell Motility and Migration, ASCB Annual Meeting, 2010
Editorial Board Member, Science Signaling, 2008-16
Associate Editor, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2006-present
Mini Symposium Chair, Cell Motility and Migration, ASCB Annual Meeting, 2005
MRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 1993-1996
Credentials
Education
PhD, Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, 1992
MSc, Pharmacology, Université of Montréal, Canada, 1987
BPharm, Université of Montréal, Canada, 1985
Post-Doctoral Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 1992-1996
Positions
Director, Michigan Postdoctoral Pioneer Program, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 2019-present
Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 2018-present
Affiliate Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 2017-present
Raymond and Lynne Ruddon Collegiate Professor in Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 2017-present
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 2017-present
Deputy Director of the Center for Cancer Research, NCI, 2016-2017
Co-Director of the NCI-University of Maryland Partnership for Cancer Technology, 2013-2017
Adjunct Professor, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2011-2017
Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, 2010-2017
Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, 2006-2017
Investigator, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, 2000-2006
Instructor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1996-2000
