After earning a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biology from the University of California Davis, I joined the University of Southern California as a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences.
My primary teaching responsibilities include upper-division courses in biochemistry, and nutritional biochemistry, as well as a general education course on the biology of food.
Experience
2018–present
Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California
2014–2018
Lecturer of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California
Education
2014
University of California Davis, PhD / Nutritional Biology
2006
University of California Davis, BS/ Biological Sciences
Publications
2020
Nutrition Research, COVID-19: Repositioning nutrition research for the next pandemic
2013
Biochemica et Biophysica , Procyanidins can interact with Caco-2 cell membrane lipid rafts: Involvement of cholesterol
2012
J Agric Food Chem, Bioavailability of intact proanthocyanidins in the rat colon after ingestion of grape seed extract
2012
Free Radic Biol Med, Large procyanidins prevent bile-acid-induced oxidant production and membrane-initiated ERK1/2, p38, and Akt activation in Caco-2 cells
2012
Free Radic Biol Med, Blood pressure-lowering effect of dietary (-)-epicatechin administration in L-NAME-treated rats is associated with restored nitric oxide levels