• Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University, Diet and Colon Cancer, 2004-Present
• Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Functional Foods and Cancer Prevention, 2004
  
• M.S., Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Fruits and Vegetable Processing, 1997
  
• BS., Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University, Horticulture, 1994

Role of dietary constituents in regulatory mechanisms involved in colon cancer induced by carcinogens and/or radiation. Effect of post-harvest treatments on chemoprotective effects of fruits and vegetables. Isolation and quantification of phytochemicals.

• 2006 - present Associate Faculty, Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, TAMU
  
• 2005 - 2006 Nominating officer, ASIOA, Mississippi
  
• 2004 - Present Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University (TAMU)
  
• 2003 - 2004 Director for Spring Programs, Graduate Teaching Academy, TAMU
  
• 2003 - 2004 Mentor, Teaching Asst. Training and Evaluation Program (TATEP)
  
• 2002 - Present Wakonse Fellow, Wakonse Conference on College Teaching, 2002
  
• 2002 - Present Graduate Teaching Academy Fellow, TAMU
  
• 2002 - 2003 Teaching Assistant, TAMU, College Station, Texas 2002 - 2003 President, Horticulture Graduate Counsel
  
• 2000 - 2004 Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Hort. Sci. TAMU
  
• 1998 - 2000 Research Associate, Post-harvest and Molecular Biology group National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
  
• 1995 - 1997 Junior Research Fellow, Department of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India