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Dr. Daniel Howell

Associate professor of Biology, Liberty University

Department of Biology                                                                                        434·582·2257 (office)

Liberty University                                                                                                 dhowell@liberty.edu

Lynchburg, Virginia 24503                                                                                www.drdanielhowell.com

 

L. Daniel Howell, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

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CURRENT POSITION

 

2003-present      Associate Professor of Biology

Department of Biology, Liberty University

 

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

 

2001-2003              Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McGill University

                                  Department of Physiology, Montreal, Quebec

                                  Sponsor:  John W. Hanrahan, Ph.D.

                                  · Investigated regulation of CFTR by protein kinases and protein phosphatases.

 

1997-2001              Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Duke University Medical Center

                                  Department of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

                                  Sponsor:  Jonathan A. Cohn, M.D.

· Investigated how protein phosphorylation regulates the ATPase activity of CFTR and how CF-causing mutations affect such regulation. 

 

1995-1997              Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech

                                  Department of Biochemistry, Blacksburg, Virginia

· Characterized newly discovered dual-specificity protein phosphatases   from                  cyanobacteria.

 

1992-1995              Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech

Department of Biology, Blacksburg, Virginia

· Taught laboratory course material; supervised laboratory experiments and administered exams; graded all written work and determined final grades.

 

1990-1992              Undergraduate Research Assistant, Old Dominion University

                                  Department of Biology, Norfolk, Virginia

· Characterized bacterial proteins expressed in response to heavy-metal toxicity in the laboratory of Andrew S. Gordon, Ph.D.

 

EDUCATION

 

1998                         Ph.D. (Biochemistry)

                                  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Dissertation: Characterization of IphP from Nostoc commune  UTEX 584 and a Dual Specificity Protein Phosphatase from Anabaena PCC 7120.

Advisor: Peter J. Kennelly, Ph.D.

 

1992                         B.S. (major: Biology, minor: Chemistry)

                                  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

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