Education

University of North Carolina - Ph.D., Genetics.  December, 1973   Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Brandeis University - A.B., Biology.  June, l968   Waltham, Massachusetts

Professional Society Memberships:

American Association for the Advancement of Science
New York Academy of Sciences
American Association of University Professors

Prior Experience:

2000-present: Professor, Department of Biology, Yeshiva College

1990-2000: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Yeshiva College

1980‑1990 : Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Yeshiva College     Tenure granted ‑ 9/1/86

1989-present: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1984‑1989: Pre‑Health Sciences Advisor, Yeshiva University

1988-1989: Research Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine    

1981‑l987 : Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

1977‑1980: Instructor, Department of Human Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

1974‑1977: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Human Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

1973‑1974: Staff Associate, Department of Human Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

1967‑1968: Laboratory Assistant, Genetics Laboratory, Brandeis University

1967: Teaching Assistant, Biology Laboratory, Brandeis University

1967,1966: Biological Aide, Population Dynamics Division, United States Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (summer positions)

Presentations: 

1. February, 1973,  Genetics Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, The Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Pathway of Bacillus subtilis:

2. February, 1973,  Department of Human Genetics and Development, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons,  The Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Pathway of Bacillus subtilis.

3. January, 1976,  Department of Genetics, University of Hawaii, The Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Pathway of Normal and Orotic Aciduric Human Fibroblasts

4. April, 1976,  Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University,  The Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Pathway of Normal and Orotic Aciduric Human Fibroblasts.

5. October, 1976, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rhode Island, The Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Pathway of Normal and Orotic Aciduric Human Fibroblasts.

6. December, 1977, Cancer Research Center, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons,  Resistance to 5‑Fluoroorotic Acid and 5‑Fluorouracil in Murine Erythroleukemic Cells.

7. May, 1978, Curriculum in Genetics, University of North Carolina, Resistance to 5‑Fluoroorotic Acid and 5‑Fluorouracil in Murine Erythroleukemic Cells.

8. March, 1980, Biology Department, Rutgers University (Douglass College), Resistance to 5‑Fluoroorotic Acid and 5‑Fluorouracil in Murine Erythro‑ leukemic Cells.

9. March, 1984, Sigma XI Society, Ramapo College, Mutation, Drug Resistance,and Oncogenic Virulence.

10. February, 1989, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, San Francisco California, Apparent activation of the endogenous a(1,3)fucosyltransferase genes by transfection of DNA into Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells.

11. November, 1989, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Transfection of a Human Gene Encoding a(1,3) Fucosyltransferase into Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells.

12. February, 1990, Curriculum in Genetics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Transfection of a Human Gene Encoding a(1,3)Fucosyltransferase into Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells.

13. April, 1990, Sigma Delta Rho Society, Yeshiva and Stern Colleges, Probing the Secrets of Development and Cancer.

14. July, 1991, 11th International Symposium on Glycoconjugates, Toronto, Canada, 5-Azacytidine Induces Expression of Two, Apparently Novel, a(1,3)Fucosyl-transferase Activities in CHO Cells.

15. September, 1991, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, a(1,3)Fucosyltransferases that Synthesize Ligands for Cell Adhesion Molecules.

16. October, 1995, Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Sialic Acid: Functional Significance in Mammalian Glycans.

17. March, 1997, Yeshiva College Spring Academic Colloquia, Sugars: The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Biology.

18. April, 1997, The Curriculum in Genetics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C., Isolation and Characterization of a New Mammalian Cell Mutant Defective in the Synthesis of CMP-Sialic Acid.

19. November,2000, 5^th Annual Conference of the Society for Glycobiology, Boston, MA, MALDI-TOF Analysis of N-Glycans of CHO Gain-of-Function Mutants That Express an a(1,3)Fucosyltransferase. 

Service to the University:

1. 2001-present: Prehealth Sciences Advisement Evaluation Committee (Chairperson)

2. 2000-2001: Faculty Evaluation Committee for Dean Norman Adler

3. 1997-present: Roth Summer Research Fellowship Committee (Chairperson, 1999-present)

4. 1984-1989: Pre‑Health Sciences Advisor

5. 1982-present: Committee on Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions

6. 1981-l988: Academic Standards Committee (Chairman, 1983‑l988)

7. 1981-present: Agenda Committee

8. 1990-present: Animal Welfare Committee