Education
U. of Chicago Chemistry B.S. 1971
U. California Berkeley Biochemistry Ph.D. 1976
U. Wisconsin Zoology Post-Doctoral 1976-1978

Appointments
1978-2006 Assistant Professor to Professor of Biology, Hunter College CUNY
2006- Professor of Biology, Brooklyn College CUNY
2007-2013 Chairperson Biology Dept., Brooklyn College
2013- Faculty Fellow for Grants and Research Development
1979- Member CUNY PhD programs in Biology and Biochemistry

Academic and Professional Recognition
Member Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Editorial Board, J. Bacteriology, 1994-9
Editorial Board, Eukaryotic Cell, 2013-2015
NSF Awards: 1980-1990 (individual); equipment 1985-6 and 2010-2013; ~$620K
NIH support 1990-2016: MARC, MBRS, SCORE S06 and SC1, RCMI, R01
Profile: “Strength in numbers” International Innovation, June 2013: http://www.research-europe.com/magazine/HEALTHCARE2/EX11/index.html

Highlights
My research career has focused on structure and function of yeast cell adhesion proteins. Among the most important discoveries were Ig-like domains in yeast adhesion proteins (1989), and a novel mode of cell localization through covalent linkage of GPI anchors to cell wall polysaccharides, a process that is a general part of assembly and structure of fungal cell walls (1990-2000). Most recently, we have discovered that functional amyloids form at the cell surface to activate cell adhesion and biofilm formation in the yeasts. This finding is now documented in about a dozen papers, many featured in discussions and/or cover illustrations in journals.