Colorado State University

Education

Ph.D. Biophysics, 2005
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Dissertation Adviser: Roger Kornberg

B.S. Biochemistry, 1998
The University of Texas at Austin
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

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.