EDUCATION

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HONORS

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Taught over the last 30 years, many upper division undergraduate courses including Molecular Biology, Virology, The Molecular Basis of Human Disease, Protein Trafficking, Cell Biology and Biotechnology Internship. Also taught lower division courses in Professional Issues in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. Taught Molecular Biology to first year Medical students and organized, for over 5 years, a weekly Molecular Biology Seminar for students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty in the San Diego scientific community.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Initiated academia-industry partnerships in undergraduate education, biotechnology industry internships for undergraduates, as well as meetings between faculty and scientists/managers from the biotechnology industry. Participated as a Steering Committee Member in the establishment of graduate and undergraduate programs in bioinformatics at UCSD, and in the initiation of the Rady School of Management at UCSD. As Chairman of Biology, served as the administrative head of a Department of about 65 faculty and several hundred permanent and temporary staff. Spearheaded the reorganization of the Department of Biology into a new Division of Biological Sciences with four Sections (departments). As Associate Dean, served as the liaison between the Chairs of the four Sections within the Division of Biological Sciences and other campus units including the Division of Physical Sciences and the School of Engineering. As Interim Dean, managed a Division of 4 sections comprising 75 faculty, 283 graduate students, 170 post-doctoral fellows and almost 1000 employees. Developed in 2007 a vision for the Division for 2010 and beyond (Charting the Course IV). Also involved in raising funds (about $5 million) through Development activities involving private and corporate donors and engagement of 20,000 alumni. This included completion of agreements for two endowed chairs, Merck funding for the Dean's Symposium, increased endowment support for the Heiligenberg Chair, creation of the endowed Eng Research Fund and continuation of Grey Matters public lecture series at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Established best practices in stewardship of donors within the Division of Biological Sciences, including an annual endowment report to donors. Worked actively to increase diversity among faculty and embraced standards for ethical conduct among faculty and staff. Directed an active external relations and public outreach program involving science education for school and college teachers, as well as the public. As Assoc. Vice Chancellor, helped the Senior Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs (SVCAA) manage the biggest budget crisis in UCSD history with transparency and protection of the Academic core. Aided the SVCAA and UCSD in handling many crises such as diversity-related protests, developed a general compensation plan for UC faculty, chaired a committee that developed a business plan for the Chancellor for a research cyberinfrastructure for UCSD, and managed resources and space (3 million asf) allocations for the SVCAA. As Acting Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and as Exec. Vice Chancellor (EVC) at UCSD, oversaw all faculty appointments, merits and promotions for the UCSD general campus, School of Medicine and Scripps Institute of Oceanography, managed a budget of over $300 million and was responsible for all the graduate and undergraduate academic programs, organized research units, and interdisciplinary programs at UCSD. As Director of Affymax (India Operations), managed a group of about 30 scientists in India in the areas of chemistry, biology and scientific IT for Affymax Research Institute, Palo Alto (subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline). Participated in the establishment of one of India’s first biotechnology parks, called IKPL (ICICI Knowledge Park Ltd.), Hyderabad, India. Aided Glaxo Wellcome Inc. in the establishment of a medical informatics group in India.

SOCIETIES

American Society of Microbiology; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society of Cell Biology.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1984-1990, Scientific Advisory Board member, Viagene; 1985-1996, Consultant, Astra Research Center, India; Consultant, Ross Labs; Consultant, Invitrogen Corp; Consultant, Affymax Res. Institute; 1986, Invited participant in TOKTEN scientific exchange program organized by the U.N. Development Program and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India; 1987, Ad hoc member of Mammalian Genetics Study Section (NIH); 1989-1993, Member, Mammalian Genetics Study Section (NIH); 1993-1997, NIH Reviewers Reserve; 1994-1999, Executive Member, UC Systemwide Biotech. Res. and Educ. program; 1996-1998, Executive Member, Univ. of California Systemwide Strategic Targeted Alliances in Research (BIO-STAR) program; 1998-2001, Faculty Representative, UCSD Technology Transfer Advisory Committee; 1999, Ad hoc member of CDF2 study section (NIH); 2000, Medical School Vice Chancellor’s Advisory Committee; 2000, Consultant, Akkadix; 2001, Consultant, Affymax Inc.; 2002-present, Scientific Advisory Board member, Gangagen Technologies; Member of Life Sciences Council (advisory body to the Senior Vice Chancellor and Chancellor), UC San Diego; 2004, Ad hoc Reviewer, Protein Expression Study section (NIH); 2004-2006 Member, CDF2 and MBPP Study Sections (NIH). External reviewer for international agencies such as US-Israel Binational Foundation; Medical Res. Council, Canada; Research Council for Earth and Life Sciences (ALW), The Netherlands; Swiss Natl. Science Foundation, Switzerland; Austrian Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF); Medical Res. Council, UK; Human Frontier Science Program, France; Wellcome Trust, UK; Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada; Research Council of Katholieke University of Leuven, Belgium; University of Vienna, Austria.