Positions Held:
2018 – Present: Full Professor, Department of Biochemistry
2018 – Present: Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, Department of Biochemistry
2012 – 2018: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2005 – 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Member, BioFrontiers
Member, Center for Neuroscience
University of Colorado, Boulder
2001-2005: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Roger Y. Tsien (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2008)
University of California San Diego
Biosensor Design, Fluorescence Imaging, Calcium Signaling
Education:
2001 Ph. D. Biophysical Chemistry, Stanford University
Advisor: Edward I. Solomon
Field: Biophysical and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Thesis: Spectroscopic Studies of the Multicopper Oxidases: Probing the Nature and Reactivity of the Different Copper Sites
2000 M.A. Science Education, Stanford University
Emphasis: Curriculum Development and Teacher Education in Science
1994 B.A. Biophysical Chemistry, Dartmouth College
Advisor: Karen E. Wetterhahn
Thesis: The Effect of Ascorbate and Glutathione on the Interaction of Chromium (VI) with DNA
Honors and Awards:
2017 Marinus Smith Award, CU Boulder
2016 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education, CU Boulder
2016 ASSETT Faculty Development Award, CU Boulder
2015 Chair Elect: Cell Biology of Metals Gordon Research Conference
2014 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
2013 Program Project Grant Awardee – Human Frontiers Science Project
2013 Vice Chair Elect: Cell Biology of Metals Gordon Research Conference
2011 Featured in the National Institute of General Medical Science Publication ‘Findings‘
2010 Ed Stiefel Young Investigator in Bioinorganic Chemistry
2010 NSF Career Award
2010 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow
2007 Whitehall Foundation Award
2004 Gordon Research Conference in Bioorganic Chemistry, Pfizer Postdoctoral Poster Award
2004 FASEB Conference Calcium and Cell Function, Best Postor Invitational Lecture
2003 Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award, NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
2000 Franklin Veatch Memorial Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
1999 Centennial Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
1994 2nd Place Sigma Xi Poster Competition, Dartmouth College
1994 Merck Index Award, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College