Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) 2007-present

• Southern analysis of Fragaria vesca gDNA to determine presence/number of mutational insertions
• Thermal Assymetric-InterLaced (TAIL) and hi-TAIL polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of gDNA sequence flanking the insertions
• Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR determination of expression of inserted genes
  

Research Associate, VCU/MCV, 2005

• Cell-based assays to examine effects of cannabinoid exposure on immune responses
• Mouse model analysis of cannabinoid exposure on immune responses to infection with opportunistic and true pathogens
• Ribonuclease Protection Assays (RPA) to investigate mRNA transcript levels of key cytokines and chemokines
  

Graduate Research project, VCU/MCV, 1997-2004

• Characterize in vivo immune response to infection with opportunistic and pathogenic amebae
• Compare in vivo and in vitro tissue culture responses to amebae
• Investigate effect of ? 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on the immune response to opportunistic pathogens

Research Associate, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1997

• Investigate interaction of Mycobacterium avium and Tetrahymena thermophila in co-culture
  

Research Associate, Virginia/Maryland School for Veterinarian Medicine, 1996

• Examine the efficacy of commercially available disinfectants on the viability of canine Giardia
• Clinical laboratory assays including heartworm testing, fecal analysis for the presence of intestinal parasites, and microscopic identification of common parasitic infectious agents