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Sheldon Gilbert's broad set of interests in science, international politics, philosophy, and literature can be attributed to his eclectic background and upbringing. A native of the Caribbean island-nation of St. Lucia, Sheldon spent the latter part of his childhood in New York City where he attended The Horace Mann School after graduating from Prep for Prep. Thereafter, he attended Yale University where he developed his interests in genomic research majoring in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics and conducting research at leading biomedical institutes in the Northeast and abroad in Brazil. Immediately after Yale, he served as a White House Summer Intern before returning to New York to conduct biomedical research at The Rockefeller University and Cornell Medical College.
In recent years, Sheldon became involved as was one of the founding teachers of the I-LEAD program where he and his counterpart from MIT, Bradley Pitts, developed a multidisciplinary and interactive science course, BIO-Pod Racing, which entailed the creative application of various concepts in biochemistry and physics into a final project that was featured and defended a final team competition. While no longer serving as an instructor, Sheldon has remained involved with I-LEAD as a mentor, tutor, and, more actively, as the liaison that established the partnership with another program which has been a major force in his life, The U.S. Experiment in International Living. After receiving an outbound ambassador scholarship to live and study abroad in Ascoli Piceno, Italy during high school from the celebrated cross-cultural exchange program of World Learning, Sheldon has served as a three-time group leader to Italy and remains a very active spokesman for the Outbound Ambassador scholarship component. He is most appreciative that he has been given the chance to share his rich and expansive view of the world with his students whether it be in his lectures about electrophysiology of bioluminescent marine life or cultural immersion programs in Ecuador, Australia, and Japan. At present, he serves as lead database programmer and director of data mining services at a leading firm in the information technology sector. He intends to return to academic research in the near future combining his interest in molecular biology, computer programming, and teaching in efforts to develop advanced gene-based therapeutics in the emerging field of bioinformatics. |
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