Tissue engineer and muscle physiologist with more than 15 years experience in developing functional three-dimensional tissue engineered skeletal muscle models from human, mouse, and rat muscle cells to study muscle physiology, disease, exercise, and development. Extensive experience with:

1. Cell culture techniques

2. Tissue engineering

3. Custom-made 2D and 3D assay development and optimization

4. Molecular biology laboratory techniques

5. Animal skills: Skeletal muscle injury models

6. Mentoring and training junior scientists and students

7. Working on multi-institutional and departmental grants