I received my PhD from the University of Rochester in 2008.  My adviser was Kai Shen.  Before that, I went to Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.   

At The Ohio State University, I am spearheading research in the following areas:

· Systems support for sustainable datacenters,  i.e., datacenters that can operate profitably and have a zero-carbon footprint,

· Empirical studies about the performance, performance dependability, and energy consumption of emerging networked applications,

·  Scalable, self-sustaining programs that encourage members of  underrepresented groups (broadly construed) to consider research careers.