• Structure-function relationships for polysaccharides (esp., hyaluronan)
  and proteoglycans; development of improved biomaterials; nanostructured materials
• Biophysical chemistry, structural biology, atomic force microscopy,
  molecular biomechanics, surface chemistry

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry, Case, Western Reserve University 1976 Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry, Brandeis University, 1976-1978 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Ophthalmology Research, Columbia University, 1979-1981