PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTSU.S. Principal Investigator: Phobos Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (Phobos-LIFE). A collaboration between the Planetary Society (TPS) and the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), LIFE was a biology experiment carried aboard Russia’s Phobos-Grunt probe, launched November 9 2011, lost January 15, 2012.Post-doctoral fellow Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania2008-2009Co-Investigator – NASA EVA/EMU Related Medical Issues team, Universities Space Research Associates2004-2008NASA Astrobiology Institute NRC post doctoral fellowNASA Johnson Space Center 2001-2003Research Associate AstrobiologyDepartment of Biology and Biochemisty University of Houston1998-2000, 2004-2008ASGSB Associate in Space Biology and MedicineAshton Graybiel Laboratory, Department of PsychologyBrandeis University1996-1998 PAST PROJECTS:Co-Principal Investigator, Bacterial Biofilms on Surfaces during Spaceflight (GOBBSS) experiment. AKA “the peace experiment”, this was sponsored by the Planetary Society, flew aboard the ill-fated STS-107 mission, & involved Israeli and Palestinian students whom I helped to recruit.Advisor for Astro-Venture Space Science outreach project biology lessons, NASA Ames Research Center http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/avhome.htmlSpecial Advisor for Space Biomedicine, Space Biology: A Teacher’s Resource, NASA and American Society for Gravitational & Space Biology (ASGSB), http://www.spacebio.netSpecialties: -science journalism -biomedicine, space science, biotechnology, genetics-new technology approaches to medical education-CME and GME materials-promotion of evidence-based health-Expertise: astrobiology, planetary science, origins of life, evolutionary biology, radiation bioeffects, aerospace medicine, medical genetics, gene therapy, neurology, hematology, psychiatry, pathology, endocrinology, medical technologyLanguages: English, español, עברית