University of Georgia
My research investigates problem solving among biochemistry undergraduates and the process college science instructors go through as they innovate their teaching.
Factors that motivate undergraduates to learn science; scientific literacy skill acquisition; and effective methods to provide instructional feedback.
Undergraduate evolution education; instructor experiences, knowledge,
and skills in teaching biology; teaching context and climate in life science departments.
Molecular and cellular biology of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
X-ray crystallographic and biochemical studies of nucleotide sugar metabolism.
Role of protein glycosylation in intellectual disability, congenital muscular dystrophy, cancer, and viral infection.
Evolutionary genetics and genomics of natural plant populations.
Phylogenetics and Evolution of Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), Signal evolution, Science communication.
Molecular cell biology and biochemistry of proteases associated with isoprenylated protein maturation and amyloidogenic peptide degradation; cancer; Alzheimer’s disease.
Understanding intracellular and intercellular heme transport.
