Published on January 8, 2020 6:25 pm MT Updated on October 23, 2024 1:44 pm MT
Education
Graduate Studies: (2005) Ph.D. in Biophysics,
Stanford University, CA.
Dissertation Adviser: Roger Kornberg
Undergraduate Studies: (1998) B.S. in Biochemistry,
The University of Texas at Austin, TX.
Awarded with Honors and Special Honors in Chemistry
Professional Experience
7/2021 – current
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University
7/2015 – 6/2021
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University
7/2009 – 6/2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
10/2006 – 6/2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dan Feldheim, University of Colorado – Boulder.
1/2005 – 10/2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Roger Kornberg, Stanford University, Stanford CA.
4/1999 – 12/2004
Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory of Roger Kornberg, Stanford University, Stanford CA.
Memberships
American Chemical Society (ACS)
AAAS
Awards and Honors
2017 Keynote Speaker, ISMPC17, Ascona, Switzerland
2016 Keynote Speaker, GOLD, Cardiff, Wales
NSF CAREER 2015
Damon Runyon New Innovator Award Finalist 2012
AFAR Gilbert Fellow 2009-2011
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006, declined)
Phi Beta Kappa 1998
Sabbaticals
2024 Fall Semester:
Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Institute
Host: David Agard
2017 Fall Semester:
Oxford University, Department of Structural Biology. Host: Prof Juha Huiskonen.
Funding: National Science Foundation – European Research Council, Collaboration Opportunity Award.
2017 Spring Semester:
National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO.
Host: Nathan Neale.
Industrial/Commercial
2019 – current
Consultant and Advisor to Atomically Engineered Materials (AEMS) Inc.