• ➢ Collaboration with KSU CAFSSS researchers in gene expression in ripening pawpaw (Asimina triloba) fruits.
  • ➢ Collaboration with University of Kentucky researchers about post-transcriptional RNA regulation in Arabidopsis.
  • Participating in HBCU-UP Summer Apprenticeship Program, mentoring high school students' research by using molecular methods to analyze the gradients in meat products on the market.

Service and Professional Development Activities:

Participated in:

  • ➢ Biology Curriculum Committee; MASC Recruitment Committee; and MASC Retention Committee.
  • Faculty Senate and the Budget and Academic Support Committee.
  • The Open House and the Operation Preparation Event
  • Common Core Academic Standards Initiative Workshops (2015)
  • Multiple science fairs, including Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting; Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair; Annual Kentucky American Water – Fayette County Public School District Science Fair; and Meadowthorpe Elementary of Lexington Science Fair as judges.
  • Multiple professional developmental workshops including workshops sponsored by NSF-Quality Education for Minorities (QEM); GCAT-SEEKquence: the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching NextGen Sequencing Group; Illumina Company and University of Kentucky.
  • Multiple workshops and meetings for pre-health advisors. The sponsored postgraduate professional schools include University of Kentucky; Meharry Medical College; and University of Pikeville.

2008-2011 Principal Investigator of Biotechnology/Horticulture, Land Grant Program,

2007-2008 Co-Investigator of Biotechnology/Horticulture, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, Kentucky State University, KY

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology,

College of Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Health,

Kentucky State University, KY

Teaching Activities and Mentoring Students:

  • Served as Instructor for the following courses:
  • BIO495: Special Topics in Biology - Understanding Biotechnology
  • BIO495: Special Topics in Biology - Advanced Molecular Biotechnology
  • BIO410: Special Problems in Biology