Molecular geneticist and cell/systems/synthetic biologist. I cut my teeth on cell envelope biogenesis (studying how bacteria build the wall that helps keep antibiotics out) and in the process acquired a deep appreciation for the power and elegance of bacterial genetics. Currently, I am (very) broadly interested in dissecting, constructing, and evolving regulatory networks.

My research focuses on human tumor metabolism with the dual goals of therapeutic discovery and technology development. We apply stable isotope-based metabolic tracer methods which allow us to determine metabolic fluxes in human cells, along with other techniques. The understanding gained from these experiments allows us to identify potential anti-tumor targets that we then confirm using a combination of molecular and chemical biology approaches.