College of Pharamacy Faculty Profile

Ph.D. Program Academic & Industrial Experience x Assistant Professor - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences - College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2015-present). x Adjunct Faculty - Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography , Nova Southeastern University, Fort Laudrerdale, FL (2015-present). x Research Instructor – Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences - College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL (2014-2015). x Course Instructor for Pharmaceutical Sciences Lab courses– Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Northeastern University , Boston, MA (2013) x Graduate Research Fellow - Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (2010). x Dean’s Research Scholar - Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (2008). x Global Scientific Consultant on various projects related to nutrition, neuroscience and molecular biology. Administrative Experience (Professional Organizations) x Secretary, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Chapter, Boston, MA (2011-12) x President, Boston Chapter of Society for Neuroscience, Boston, MA (2012-2015) Scholarly Activities: x Won over .25 million dollars in research / scholarship grants from private organizations and funding agencies as Co-Investigator, or a Principal Investigator. x Serve as a reviewer for various journals including Frontiers, Science Publishing Group, World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. x Associate editor for Journal of Frontiers in Biosciences. Awards: x Research Award, Miami Key Stone Winter-Symposium, Miami, FL (2014) x Outstanding Health Science Research Award - Northeastern University , Boston, MA (2013) x Excellence in Research Award, RISE-exhibition Boston, MA (2013) x Student Research Fellow, International Meeting for Autism Research, Toronto, CA (2012) Research Focus x Nutritional biochemistry and molecular effects of nutritional interventions in vitro , in vivo and in clinical samples. x Pre-clinical and clinical evaluation of Metabolic and Epigenetic changes on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA in x Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder x Neurodegenerative Disorders like Alzheimers’s and Parkinson’s disease x Nueropyschiatric disorders like Schizophrenia and drug addiction. x As well as tumor biology and microenvironment. x Gulf War Illness and chronic Fatigue syndrome