President and Chief Scientist at Kepley BioSystems, Inc. since 2014. Academic expertise includes nanoscience, immunology, biology, chemistry, forensic molecular biology, and marine sciences with a specialty in chemosensory and olfaction. To date Authored or co- authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications spanning over a decade in academia and industry. Named the Entrepreneur of the Year at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2015). Routine service on numerous panels and committees at conferences globally and grant reviewer for NSF and NOAA. Successfully awarded and led multiple National Science Foundation (NSF), NOAA Sea Grant, and North Carolina Biotechnology Center grant projects as the PI.