Education and Training

Postdoctoral Fellowships

January ’02 to Dec ‘04: Dept. of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. In the lab of Ron Conlon.

June ’99 to Dec. ’01: Dept. of Developmental Genetics, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, NY. In lab of Lee Niswander.

Ph.D. Dept. of Molecular Developmental Biology, University of Cincinnati, 1999
Dissertation: “Skin Wound Healing Paradigms in Neurofibromatosis Type I Mutant Mice.” Mentor: Dr. Nancy Ratner

B.S.  1993, Biology , Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Suma Cum Laude

Professional Positions

2005- present:  Associate Prof., Dept. of Biology, Case Western Reserve University.

2006- present:  Associate Prof., Secondary Appointment, Dept. of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University.

2007- present: Associate Prof., Secondary Appointment, Dept. of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University.

Research Interests

1. How does a cell know to become a dermal cell of the skin?
2. What are the signaling factors that instructs a cell to become a craniofacial dermal cell versus a bone cell?
3. What are the early molecular biomarkers of skin fibrosis? 

Special Interest

Tandem bicycling, gardening, ceramics, films, and cooking. 

Contact

Office Phone: 216.368.8819
Office Fax: 216.368.4672
Email: rpa5 at case.edu

Mailing Address:

2074 Adelbert Road, Millis 316
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio 44106