Current Status

• Assistant Professor of Plant Metabolic Engineering, Arkansas Biosciences Institute with a joint appointment with the Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
  Research Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
• Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  

Education

• Ph.D. – Plant Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
• Licenciate – Biology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru and International Potato Center, Lima, PeruB.S. – Biology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
  
  

Research Focus Areas:

• Plant metabolic engineering for the production and discovery of pharmaceuticals
• Transgenic plants and hairy roots for bioproduction of therapeutic proteins and “specialized” (secondary) metabolites
• Molecular diagnostics for plant-based nutraceuticals