He received his PhD from the University of Rhode Island, followed by postdoctoral training at Yale School of Medicine. He joined the RWJMS faculty in 1995. His research is supported by a grant from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology - Stem Cell Research Grants and by the Century for the Cure Bike Ride. He works with a research team that includes Roger Strair, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at RWJMS and director of hematologic malignancies at CINJ; Tulin Budak-Alpdogan, MD, associate professor of medicine at RWJMS and CINJ; Lauri Goodel, MD, RWJMS associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine; and Hana Aviv, PhD, RWJMS associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine.