Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience

Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Anatomy & Structural Biology

Chair Emeritus Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology

Co-Director, Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center

Co-Director, Integrated Imaging Program

Area of Research: We study single mRNA molecules from cradle to grave in single living cells using high resolution imaging. We develop trafficking microscopy and approaches to image RNA using fluorescent probes to visualize and quantify mRNA.