I am a Physician Scientist, Assistant Professor in the College of Pharmacy who is dedicating his life to study mechanism of membrane trafficking. Using innovative techniques, including gene editing and high resolution fluorescent live cell microscopy I aim to identify novel targets for cancer therapy and to improve drug delivery. One of my projects have been supported by Pelotonia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgouU-mDhdg).

I believe that expanding our knowledge and understanding how cells work is the only possible path that can lead to a cancer free world. Pelotonia not only provides support to scientists at every stage of their career helping their formation and establishment, but also the opportunity to explore more high risk/high reward projects that can lead to ground-breaking discoveries that would be otherwise not pursued. For this reasons Pelotonia is an incredible resource for our community, and I support it by riding from 2016.