His laboratory studies wound healing and pain, as does his poetry. He has lived about a third of his life each in New England, California and Texas. He has recently had poems published or accepted at The Red River Review, Poetry WTF!?, Failed Haiku, bottle rockets, Right Hand Pointing, The Ocotillo Review, The Red Eft Review and The Mojave River Review. In 2016 he was a juried poet at Houston Poetry Fest.