1998 Ph.D. Biochemistry University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1992 B.S. Biochemistry University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

2006-present  Assistant Professor of Biology, King’s College.  Research advisor, sophomore through senior research students.  Genetic and bioinformatic characterization of copper sensing and transport in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.  Molecular genetic screening of local fungal populations.

2004-2006  Biochemical Information Specialist, Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics – Protein Data Bank. Designed and implemented a high throughput computational strategy to standardize the chemical information content of the PDB ligand database using a combination of commercially available libraries and open source tools.  Helen Berman, Director.

2002-2004  Research associate, Washington University in St. Louis.  Characterization of copper sensing and transport in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.  Purification, characterization and crystallization of nucleotide sugar processing enzymes from the same organism. Tamara Doering, principal investigator.

2001-2002  Postdoctoral research associate, Washington University in St. Louis.  Purified and crystallized protein complexes associated with H. pylori pathogenicity islands, Gabriel Waksman, principal investigator.

1998-2001  Postdoctoral fellow, Washington University in St. Louis.  Using NMR spectroscopy, measured the dynamics of intestinal fatty acid binding protein mutants found in the human population, David Cistola, principal investigator.

King’s College

2008-present, Instructor and course developer, Systems Biology

2006-present,  Instructor and course director (2007), Genetics lecture and lab

2006-present,  Instructor, Biochemistry lecture and lab

2006-present,  Instructor, Modern Techniques in Biological Sciences

2006-present,  Instructor, Biological Research I

2006,2008, Instructor, Junior Biology Seminar

2006, Instructor and course developer, Contemporary Biology (non-majors)

2006, Instructor, Human Genetics (non-majors)

Lafayette College

2006, spring Adjunct instructor and course developer, From SNPs to Gene Chips: Introduction to Bioinformatics

Cedar Crest College

2005, Invited lecturer, Advanced Bioinformatics

2005, Invited lecturer, Teacher Leadership Institute

Washington University in St. Louis

2001-2003, Supervisor, Undergraduate research

2003, High school student tutor, Young Scientist Program

2002, Invited lecturer, Introduction to Molecular Biology