She holds a MS Degree in Biological Chemistry from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine from McGill University, Canada. Her current research projects include: Investigating the anti-proliferative role of phytochemicals on cervical cancer cells, a collaboration with NYS DEC monitoring the American Eel population in the Quassaick Creek and isolation and annotation of novel viruses from soil, as part of the SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) program.