He earned his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Steven M. Gonek from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. His area of expertise is number theory, in particular the theory of the Rieman zeta-function and other L-functions His current research is supported in part by a grant from the NSA. Before attending graduate school at Rochester, he spent a short time teaching in New York City public school system in Long Island City, Queens, New York.