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Graduate Student, Cornell University (medical college), New York, New York, United States
Sep 2008-
education
BS, Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Aug 2004-May 2008
"Human Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression"
research summary
I am a member of the H. Weinstein lab at Cornell. I work on mathematical modeling of biochemical signaling pathways to answer specific physiological questions. I am particularly interested in the cyclic AMP signaling pathway.
research projects
Cyclic AMP-mediated Regulation of pH Homeostasis in Male Reproductive Tract
Experimental Collaborators: Lonny Levin, Jochen Buck and Nuria Pastor-Soler labs

Cyclic AMP-mediated Regulation of HCN Channels in Short-term Memory
Coadvisor: Emre Aksay
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It is well accepted that atherosclerosis initiation and progression correlate positively with low and oscillating flow wall shear stresses (FSS). However, this mechanism cannot explain why advanced plaques continue to grow under elevated FSS conditions. In…
Journal of biomechanics. 2008