Highly motivated and innovative cell and molecular biologist, with a track record of success and project impact in areas of Genomics, Investigative toxicology, Inflammation, Biomarkers, and Obesity/Diabetes drug discovery/translational pharmacology.* Advanced the understanding of Leptin in swine by completion of Masters Thesis from Purdue.* Establish molecular foundation for swine genomic research by creating cDNA clone libraries and a resulting EST sequence database from 33 pig tissues at Monsanto.* Developed hepatocyte spheroid three dimensional culture as more translatable model for predictive toxicology at Pharmacia.* Provided mechanistic insight and biomarker discovery to numerous projects at Pfizer through gene expression profiling, flow cytometry, lipid analysis, rad and non-rad immuno assays, primary cell culture and data/text mining.* Drove Pfizer’s most successful diabetes compound from screening to first in human proof of mechanism on a rapid timeline, through innovation, hard work and leadership.Perform very well in new areas of research, quickly gaining an understanding of the background biology and objectives, while easily picking up new techniques, often developing novel assays as well as assays from literature references.Specialties: - Utilization of human/primate cells, tissues, fluids and fecal matter for mechanism of action and biomarker identification- Taqman and Genechip Expression profiling and analyis.- Coordinating internal and external efforts for project design, execution and data delivery.- Developing the technical skills of others in the laboratory.- Text and data mining