Education
Eastern Michigan University, B.S. Biology 2001
University of Cincinnati, M. S. Biology 2004

Research Experience
Laboratory Assistant 1999- 2001 P.I. Henry Zot
Graduate Student 2001- 2003 P.I. Edwin Griff
Sr. Research Assistant 2003- 2005 P.I. Thomas Doetschman

Poster Presentations
Zot HG, Mast T, Pastula J, Atkins S, Liggit P, Greco T, (2000), Transduction of peptides into Chlamydomonas, Presented at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), San Francisco, CA.

Nica R, Mast T, Griff ER, (2002) Spontaneous actity of mitral cells in the rat and mouse, Presented at the Association for Chemorecption Sciences (AChemS), Sarasota, FL.

Mast T, Griff ER, (2003), In vivo preparation for recording antidromically identified mitral cells in the anesthetized mouse, Presented at AChemS, Sarasota, FL.

Mast T, Sklenka A, Hassett D, Doetschman T, (2005), Identification of the microflora in the TGF?-/- mouse colon cancer model, Presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Atlanta, GA.

Publications
Qian Y, Baisden JM, Cherezova L, Summy JM, Guappone-Koay A, Shi XL, Mast T, Pustula J, Zot HG, Mazloum N, Lee MY, Flynn DC, (2002), PKC phosphorylation increases the ability of AFAP-110 to cross-link actin filaments, Molecular Biology of the Cell 13 (7): 2311- 2322.

Mast T, Griff ER, (2005), In vivo preparation and identification of mitral cells in the main olfactory bulb of the mouse, Brain Research Protocols 15 (2): 105-113.

Awards/ Funding
Meta Hellwig Special Study Award, Eastern Michigan University, 1999
Graduate Assistanship, University of Cincinnati, 2001- 2003
Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, 2002
Weimann Summer Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 2003
FSU Neuroscience Fellowship, Florida State University, 2005- 2006

Other Interests
reading, Cleveland pro sports, baseball, sailboats