I am new faculty as of August 2025 in Molecular and Cellular Biology at KSU. I am a developmental Neuroscientist interested in the genetics and signaling biology of neurons at all cell stages. As a scientist, I am driven by my own curiosity and to make new discoveries that may someday help humanity. Before becoming a developmental neuroscientist, I had a career as an addictions neuroscientist and spent 3 years at the National Institute on Drug Abuse.  I am a husband and father of two. I enjoy exercising, cooking, learning Spanish, and relaxing.