Benjamin S. Weeks
Benjamin Samuel Weeks, Ph.D. Contact Information: 8 Old Field Woods Rd, Setauket, NY 11530 Phone; 631-675-9231; email: weeksbenjamins@adelphi.edu Objective: To further my professional activity in scientific writing. Education: 1980: Ward Melville High School, Setauket, NY, Regents Diploma 1984: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, Bachelor of Arts (Biology/Philosophy Major) 1988: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Doctorate of Philosophy (Molecular Cell Biology) Employment: 1988-1993: Postdoctoral and Staff Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. • Full time research on the role of the basement membrane in development and disease. • Manuscript preparation and submission to peer-reviewed journals. • Successful submission and award of an NIH NRSA grant. 1993-1995: Assistant Professor, Hamilton College, Biology Department, Clinton, NY. • Manuscript preparation and submission to peer-reviewed journals. 1995-1997: Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. • Manuscript preparation and submission to peer-reviewed journals. • Support to Division Chair in NIH grant preparation. 1997-current: Professor of Biology, Adelphi University, Biology Department, Garden City, NY • Successful NIH grant preparation • Successful funding through multiple nutraceutical industry grants • Manuscript preparation and submission to peer-reviewed journals. Relevant Accomplishments: • Publication of 74 original science research manuscripts in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. • Publication of three peer-reviewed book chapters. • Publication of two textbooks: 'AIDS: The Biological Basis', 4th Ed. and 'Microbes and Society', 2nd Ed. both published through Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA. • Prior Editorial Board positions: 1) 'Modern Aspects of Immunobiology' and 2) 'Medical Science Monitor'. • Experience with product and patent development and marketing in the Nutraceutical industry. • Successfully awarded: 2 corporate grants as PI; 1 NIH grant as PI ; 1 NIH grant as Co-PI.