I primarily teach Organic Chemistry II with lab and Immunology and Immunopharmacology. I also maintain an active undergraduate research program focused on the synthesis of biologically relevant carbohydrate-based constructs and carbohydrate-based catalysts. My research group collaborates with scientists at home and abroad, and together we have published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters based on our collaborative interests.

I enjoy involving undergraduate students in my research, and I have mentored nearly 50 over the past eight years. Three quarters of those students have gone on to pursue graduate work and/or medical training at some of the top institutions in the U.S. Several of these students have received national recognition for their work including two Barry M. Goldwater Foundation recipients and two NSF-GRF fellowships.