About Us At Metabolic Modeling Services our focus is on computer modeling of biological systems.  Meryl E. Wastney Pentchev, Ph.D. Director, Metabolic Modeling Services 4313 Peterborough Rd West Lafayette, IN 47906 USA E-mail: wastneym@metabolic-modeling-services.com EDUCATION · B. Ag. Sci. (1st Class Honors) Lincoln College, New Zealand, 1976 · Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Lincoln College, New Zealand, 1980 · Postdoc Laboratory of Mathematical Biology, NCI, NIH Bethesda, MD, 1980-1983 · Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Biomathematics and Biostatistics Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, 1983-2000 CURRENT POSITIONS: Metabolic Modeling Consultant, West Lafayette, IN · Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University RESEARCH INTERESTS Computer modeling of whole body metabolism including intermediary metabolism (glucose, ketone bodies, and lipoproteins) and various nutrients including calcium, zinc magnesium, potassium and phosphorus metabolism in humans. The studies have used isotopes as tracers and kinetic data have been analyzed by modeling using the WinSAAM (Windows version of the Simulation, Analysis and Modeling) software. Bibliography