Email

steven.bark@bcm.edu

Positions

Bioinformatics Analyst I

Medicine - Gastroenterology
Baylor College of Medicine

Lecturer in Biology and Biochemistry

Biology and Biochemistry
University of Houston Downtown
Houston, Texas United States
• Primary instructor for Biochemistry 4340 and Biology 1301 core courses, Biology for Non-Science Majors 1310, Biology Seminar 4311, and Biology 1101 Laboratory. • Experienced in online teaching modalities including Blackboard, Zoom, MediaSite, and other online resources

Assistant Professor

Biology and Biochemistry
Biochemistry
University of Houston
Houston, TX United States
• Experience in protein chemistry, quantitative and qualitative proteomics, microbiology, cellular and molecular biology, co-affinity purification mass spectrometry, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, structural biology, systems biology, mass spectrometry instrumentation from routine maintenance to major repairs, manuscript and grant writing, financial and fiduciary responsibilities as Principal Investigator and Laboratory Supervisor. • Assembled advanced research laboratory and research program using mass spectrometry to identify proteins responsible for antibiotic tolerance in a close relative of M. tuberculosis. • Identified 14 novel proteins as potential drug targets for mycobacterial infections. • 14 Publications in respected journals including J. Bacteriology, Molecular Biosystems, Analytical Biochemistry, and PLoS One. • Co-Principal Investigator for funded NSF teaching application using research-based teaching in secondary teacher training (UH-LIFE). • Supervised 3 graduate students with first graduated in Spring, 2018. Co-supervisor for multiple graduate and undergraduate students, thesis committee member for >15 graduate students. • Primary instructor for Biochemistry 1, the core course for Biochemistry majors and elective for Technology, Nutrition and Human Performance, Chemistry, Bioengineering, Mathematical Biology, Mathematics, and Computer Science majors. Taught >1500 undergraduate students. • Pioneered research-based teaching course using my research program at UH, Practical Mass Spectrometry. Students in this hands-on course become researchers in my laboratory using mass spectrometry, analytical sciences, molecular biology, and microbiology technologies

Associate Project Scientist

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California United States
• Assembled entire laboratory infrastructure required for advanced mass spectrometry and developed proteomic technologies for analyzing neurological and neuroendocrine signaling. • Obtained first human data set for protein systems regulating neuroendocrine secretion of peptide neurotransmitters in dense core secretory vesicles by mass spectrometry, identifying protein kinase involvement in secretion of neuropeptides. • Clinical and Translational Research Grant. UCSD, 2011-2012. • K01 Mentored Research Award. National Institutes of Health, 2008-2012. • Research resulted in 15 publications in respected journals including J. Proteome Res, PLoS One, Analytical Biochemistry, and Molecular Biosystems.

Certifications

Data Analytics and Visualization

Rice University

Intensive course in advanced data analytics and visualization using diverse computational resources including Python, Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Machine Learning, Tableau, HTML, Excel, and Scientific and Geographical databases and interfaces.