I grew up in the Flint area and attended UM-Flint as an undergraduate. After obtaining my PhD in biological chemistry at Purdue and working in industry, I returned to UM-Flint as an assistant professor in 2009. Here, I teach biochemistry as well as organic and general chemistry lectures and labs. The primary focus of my research is breast cancer with a current interest in p53 and cellular invasion. I am also interested in quantitating oxalate in cranberry supplements and investigating a link between having ulcerative colitis and having elevated kidney stone risk due to elevated urine calcium.