The Greenberg lab focuses on how cytoskeletal motors function in both health and disease. Currently, the lab is studying mutations that cause familial cardiomyopathies, the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in people under 30 years old. The lab uses an array of biochemical, biophysical, and cell biological techniques to decipher how these mutations affect heart contraction from the level of single molecules to the level of engineered tissues. We are also interesting in designing new in vitro disease models. Insights into the disease pathogenesis will guide efforts to develop novel therapies.

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I also have a strong commitment to educating and mentoring trainees. For my mentoring efforts, I received the Undergraduate Mentor of the Year award. I have extensive teaching experience, having taught classes from the middle school to the graduate school levels. At Washington University, my interdisciplinary background has enabled me to teach classes in the biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, biomedical engineering, cell biology, and mechanical engineering graduate programs. I have also helped to organize trainee scientific discussion groups and training in responsible conduct of research. I served as the head of admissions for the Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Program, and I am an active member of several T32 programs. Trainees in my lab have been successful in securing independent funding for their research projects and have won awards at international conferences. I have multiple trainees who have secured independent both in academia and in industry. Beyond my teaching and mentoring at the university, I have served as an educational consultant to MacMillian Publishing, developing content that is used to teach physics and chemistry at high schools and colleges across the country.