He is a structural biologist with experience in x-ray crystallography and in production and characterization of membrane proteins for structural studies. He has also been a key member of the New York Consortium of Membrane Protein Structure (NYCOMPS), where he has played a pivotal role in the design, development, implementation and optimization of the high-throughput cloning and protein production platform for prokaryotic membrane proteins successfully functioning at the NYCOMPS center. The main research focus of his lab is on membrane protein – lipid interactions, both in terms of enzymes, which process lipid substrates, and of transporters, which mediate cellular uptake of lipidic substrates.