He was recruited to Texas Tech University from Indiana University where he was a Senior Scientist and Director of the METACyt Biochemical Analysis Center and assistant director of the National Center for Glycomics and Glycoprotemics, a national resource Center. He is the principal investigator on a grant from NIH that is developing mass spectrometry techniques to support studies in glycomics research. He received a Ph.D. degree from Oklahoma State University with horonable mention and afterward was a postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University. He has authored more than 100 papers and book chapters and holds 9 patents.