Daniela Popescu

Education

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, 2006

M.D., “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, 1998

Professional Experience

2025 - present, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Geauga campus, OH.

2019 - 2025, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Geauga campus, OH.

2013 - 2019, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Geauga campus, OH.

2011- 2013, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology (Health Careers and Sciences), Cuyahoga Community College, Western and Brunswick campuses, Cleveland, OH.

2009 - 2011, Research Associate, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

2006 - 2009, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

2000 - 2006, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Courses Taught

BSCI 10001 Human Biology

BSCI 10120 Biological Foundations

BSCI 20020 Biological Structure and Function

BSCI 21010 Anatomy and Physiology I

BSCI 21020 Anatomy and Physiology II

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Popescu, DC, Enhancing Active Learning of Anatomy and Physiology with the Use of I>Clickers, Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Journal. 2022 April; Vol 26 (1): 7-17. http://doi.org/10.21692/haps.2022.002

Singhal NK, Sternbach S, Fleming S, Alkhayer K, Shelestak J, Popescu D, Weaver A, Clements R, Wasek B, Bottiglieri T, Freeman EJ, McDonough J., Betaine Restores Epigenetic Control and Supports Neuronal Mitochondria in the Cuprizone Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis, Epigenetics. 2020 Mar 9:1-16. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1735075.

Popescu D.C., Huang H., Singhal N.K., Shriver L., McDonough  J., Clements R.J., Freeman E.J., Vitamin K enhances the production of brain sulfatides during remyelination, PLoS One. 2018 Aug 27;13(8):e0203057. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203057. eCollection 2018.

Sachs HH, Bercury KK, Popescu DC,  Narayanan SP,  Macklin WB, A new model of cuprizone-mediated demyelination- ASN Neuro 2014 September 30;  6:DOI: 10.1177/1759091414551955.

Jaini R, Popescu DC, Flask CA, Macklin WB, Tuohy VK., Myelin antigen load influences antigen presentation and severity of central nervous system autoimmunity. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2013 Jun 15; 259(1-2):37-46.

Wang C, Wu C, Popescu DC, Zhu J, Macklin WB, Miller RH, Wang Y., Longitudinal Near Infrared Imaging of Myelination, Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 Feb 16;31(7):2382-90.

Wu C, Wang C, Popescu DC, Zhu W, Somoza EA, Zhu J, Condie AG, Flask CA, Miller RH, Macklin W, Wang Y., A novel PET marker for in vivo quantification of myelination, Bioorg Med Chem. 2010 Dec 15;18(24):8592-9.

Wang C, Popescu DC, Wu C, Zhu J, Macklin W, Wang Y., In situ fluorescence imaging of myelination,  Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 2010 Jul;58(7):611-21.

Peng L, Popescu DC, Wang N, Shieh BH, Anchoring TRP to the INAD macromolecular complex requires the last 14 residues in its carboxyl terminus. Journal  of Neurochemistry., 2008 104(6):1526-35.

Popescu D.C., Ham A. J. L., and Shieh B. -H, Scaffolding protein INAD regulates deactivation of vision by promoting phosphorylation of TRP by eye-PKC in Drosophila, Journal of Neuroscience, 2006, 26 (33), 8570-8577.

Popescu, D.C. and Shieh, B.-H., Regulation of the TRP calcium channel by eye-PKC in Drosophila, The FASEB Journal, 2006, 20 (4), A495, 337.1.

Shieh, B.-H., Parker, L., and  Popescu, D.C., Protein kinase C isoforms in Drosophila, Journal of Biochemistry, 2002, 132 (4) 523-527.