PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
11/2009 – Present: |
Adjunct Scientist – Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) – San Antonio TX |
10/2009 – Present: |
Project Manager/ Scientist – Non-Exercise Physiological Countermeasures Project (NxPCM) – NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) |
07/2008 – Present: |
Adjunct Assistant Professor – University of Texas, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothorasic Surgery, School of Medicine – Galveston TX |
06/2007 – Present: |
Ad Hoc Reviewer – Journal of Tissue Engineering |
02/2007 – Present: |
Project Scientist – Non-Exercise Physiological Countermeasures Project |
02/2003 – Present: |
Manager – Disease Modelling/Tissue Analogues Laboratory – NASA |
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02/2005 – 08/2007: |
Deputy Project Manager – Non-Exercise Physiological Countermeasures Project – NASA JSC |
02/2005 – 10/2005: |
Project Scientist – Integrated Cell Science Project – NASA JSC |
05/2003 – Present: |
Member – Biosafety Committee chaired by Duane Pierson, PhD – NASA JSC |
12/2000 – 10/2005: |
Chief Scientist – Cellular Biotechnology Facility, International Space Station (ISS) – NASA JSC |
12/2000 – 10/2002: |
Project Manager/Scientist – Commercial SpaceFlight Office, StelSys Experiment – NASA JSC |
10/2000 – Present: |
Project Manager/Scientist – ARCTIC Freezer System, ISS – NASA JSC |
08/1999 – 2003: |
Project Manager/Scientist – MRPO STS107/BDS-05 Experiment, ISS/Columbia – NASA JSC |
06/1999 – Present: |
Project Scientist – Minus Eighty Freezer (MELFI), Cryogenic Freezer (CRYO) and Glacier systems for ISS – NASA JSC |
09/1997 – Present: |
Co-Director – Tulane University Environmental Astrobiology Center, under a NASA Reimbursable Space Act Agreement – NASA JSC – Houston TX |
09/1996 – 2003: |
Special appointments – Adjunct Professor – Tulane University Medical Center, Departments of Physiology and Medicine – New Orleans LA |
04/1993 – 2000: |
Cell Biology Manager –NASA Biotechnology Flight Definition – NASA JSC |
09/1991 – 03/1993: |
Biotechnology Laboratories Manager – KRUG Life Sciences division, Biomedical Research section – Houston TX |
06/1987 – 08/1991: |
Research Cell Biologist – KRUG Life Sciences division, Biomedical Research section – Houston TX |
09/1985 – 06/1987: |
Research Associate and Laboratory Supervisor – University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Surgery – Houston TX |
12/1979 – 09/1985: |
Research Associate and Laboratory Supervisor – University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Surgery, Division of Organ Transplantation – Houston TX |
10/1973 – 12/1979: |
Assistant Research Scientist – Southwest Foundation for Research and Education – San Antonio TX |
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
1996 – 2000: |
Visiting Scientist: U.S. Department of Wildlife Management Arctic Research Facility – North Slope Borough, Barrow AK |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | |
| American Physiological Society | |
| American Society for Cell Biology | |
| International Federation for the Advancement of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology | |
| Sigma XI The Scientific Research Society | |
| Society for In Vitro Biology | |