For his Ph.D, he characterized the evolutionary dynamics of phosphorylation sites for
functional phospho - proteomics and to understand the evolution of phosphorylation - based cell signaling.
Prior to working at City of Hope, she worked as a research associate in Dr. Peter Lee's lab at Stanford University since 2006 and facilitated in investigating mechanisms causing immune dysfunction in melanoma and breast cancer patients» peripheral blood, lymph node and tumor specimens utilizing techniques including microarray analysis, RT - PCR,
Phospho - flow cytometry, histoloogy, and
functional FACS studies.