Professional Experience:
2002 Independent Consultant
2001 - 2002 Research Scientist VI, NYS Dept Health
1999 - 2002 Director, Quality Assurance, Wadsworth Center
1999 - 2003 Member of Technical Committee – Underwriter’s Laboratory - American Medical Waste Treatment Standards - UL#2334
1998 – Present Council Member - International Healthcare Waste Association
1998 – Present Council Member - International Solid Waste Association
1993 - 2001 Health Program Director II
1992 - 1994 Member of State and Territorial Association on Alternative Treatment Technologies
1991 - 2002 Consultant, Laboratories for Mycology
1988 - 2002 Director, Infectious Waste Management Program
1988 - 2002 Director, Regulated Medical Waste Program
1988 - 1999 Director, Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program
1987 - 1991 Director, Laboratories for Mycology
1986 - Present Adjunct Assoc. Professor, School of Public Health, SUNY, Albany, NY
1985 - 2002 Biosafety Advisor, Wadsworth Center Safety Office
1985 - 1988 Coordinator, NYS Clinical Proficiency Testing Program
1984 - 1993 Research Scientist V, NYS Dept. Health
1978 - 1993 Adjunct Faculty (Biology), Union University, Schenectady, New York
1977 – 1987 Adjunct Faculty (Biology), Russell Sage College, Troy, New York
1977 - 1984 Research Scientist IV, NYS Dept. Health
1970 - 1977 Research Scientist III, NYS Dept. Health
1969 - 1970 Lecturer, Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara

Areas of Expertise:
Medical Mycology, Fungal Taxonomy, Fungal Development and Morphology
Clinical Laboratory Operations and Administration, Medical/Infectious Waste Management and Treatment, Medical Waste Processing, Waste Audits and Minimization, Indoor Air Quality, Containment Laboratory Design and Operations, Shipment of Infectious and Hazardous Substances.

Honors:
2003 – Present - Chief Editor, Medical Mycology – International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
2002 - 2004 - President, Medical Mycology Society of New York
2001 - 2003 - Editor – Applied Biosafety – American Biological Safety Association
2001 – 2003 -Chair, Publications Committee - American Biological Safety Association
2000- 2003 -Member - Editorial Board, Medical Mycology
1999 Recipient - Littman Award, Clinical Mycology, NYS Medical Mycology Society
1999 – 2001 -Co- Editor - Applied BioSafety - American Biological Safety Association
1990 – 2000 -Editor - Mycology/Mycobacteriology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
1991 Recipient - Cooper Meridian Award, Medical Mycology Society of the Americas
1990 – 1991- Chair - Division F (Medical Mycology), American Society for Microbiology
1989 – 1990 -Chair-Elect - Division F (Medical Mycology), American Society for Microbiology
1984 – 2002 .-Certified Laboratory Director-American Board of Bioanalysis
1983 – 2002 - Licensed Laboratory Director (Mycology) - New York
1983 – Present- Fellow - American Academy of Microbiology
1982 – 1990 - Member - Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
1977 – 1985 - Chair-Committee on Continuing Ed., Med. Mycological Society of the Americas
1976-1977 & 1985-1986 President - Medical Mycology Society of New York
1975-1976 & 1984-1985 Vice-President - Medical Mycology Society of New York


Professional Societies:
American Biological Safety Association
American Society for Microbiology
International Healthcare Waste Association
International Solid Waste Association
International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
Medical Mycological Society of the Americas
Medical Mycology Society of New York
Mycological Society of America
Sigma Xi