Director, Strategic Planning and Business Development

Phone: (540) 231-6585
Email: shefta@vbi.vt.edu
Fax: (540) 231-2606

Administrative Specialist: Erin Sexton
Phone: (540) 231-8138
Email: ecsexton@vbi.vt.edu
Fax:540-231-2606

Strategic Business Development and Planning Group | Publications

Professional Preparation

• Indiana University, Biochemistry, Ph.D., 1986
• Kansas State University, Microbiology, B.S., 1981

• Assistant Professor and Section Head of Protein Chemistry, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, 1989-1995
• Associate Professor (with tenure) and Section Head of Protein Chemistry, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, 1995-1997
• Principle Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 1997-2000
• Associate Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 2000
• Director & Research Fellow, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 2000-2008
• Senior Consultant, Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, CA, 2008-2009
• Professor and BioSystems Program Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2009-present

Research Interests

Biography

Selected Publications