Biography

I joined the faculty of the Biology Department at Howard University in the Fall of 2021 as the General Biology 101/102 Course Coordinator. Prior to my appointment, I worked in the private sector as a Biomedical Life Scientist and was a member of a team that supported program management and research proposal funding processes for the Army. I also served as a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where I researched new innovative biological and microbiological inventions/abstracts submitted for evaluation and comparison of current methods and practices to determine if the new approach was uniquely allowed/granted.  I have also taught General Biology at Hampton University and Microbiology at Prince George’s and Frederick Community Colleges. I currently am an adjunct faculty member at Montgomery College Community College, where I teach Microbiology. I hold a B.S. in Biology with a Minor in Chemistry from Longwood College, M.S. in Biology from Hampton University and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Howard University. My goal as an educator is to intellectually stimulate, enlighten, and broaden the minds of the next generation of scholars, all while simplifying incredibly complex principles in Biology and stressing the relevance of the subject to my students’ daily lives and careers.