BA Rutgers University,
1989
PhD University of North Carolina, 1996
Post-doctoral Fellow, Mt Sinai Medical Center, NY 1996-98
Post-doctoral Fellow, Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine,
1998-2003
Interests
My interest is in understanding the
development of the embryonic telencephalon and how the embryonic
brain gives rise to the mature brain. Toward this goal, my
post-doctoral research has focused on two questions: what
is the genetic basis of progenitor cell specification? and
how do these progenitors give rise to mature cell types? many
of which are widely disbursed during brain development. To
answer these questions, I utilize both modern genetic techniques
(e.g. conditional mutagenesis, genetic fate mapping) and ultrasound
guided transplantation to deliver genetically marked and/or
modified cells to the early developing telencephalon. The
ultimate goal is to be able to understand exactly where and
when specific neural cell types (and subtypes) are specified
during development, what genes are essential to their specification
and how they migrate to their final destinations. Starting
in the Spring of 2004, I will continue to address these questions
in my own laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience at
Georgetown University.
