About the PI
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0991-3140
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0991-3140
2016-2022 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University
2019-present Academic adviser, Biochemistry Program, Oakland University
2019-present Director, High school Outreach Program in Chemistry, Oakland University
2022-present Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University
2024-present Co-Director, AHA@OU Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Degree Institution Date Subject
B.S. University of California, Davis 1999-2003 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Davis, CA
Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine 2003-2010 Biochemistry
St. Louis, MO
Laboratory of Timothy M. Lohman
Postdoctoral University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2011-2012 DNA repair, single-molecule biophysics
Urbana, IL
Laboratory of Maria Spies
Postdoctoral University of Iowa 2012-2016 DNA repair, single-molecule biophysics
Iowa City, IA
Laboratory of Maria Spies
2010 Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Medical Scientist Fellowship
2011-2014 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
2016 University Research Committee Faculty Research Award
2016,2019 Research Excellence Award for Biomedical Research
2017-2019 AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award
2018-2020 AHA Innovative Project Award
2018 Oakland University Research Committee Faculty Research Fellowship
2018,2020 Michigan Space Grant Consortium Research Seed Grant Award
2019 Oakland University Rosen Supervision Fellowship
2019-2021 AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award
2022-2026 NSF CAREER Award
2004-present Biophysical Society
2017-present Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
2017-present American Heart Association
2018-present AHA Peer Reviewer
2018-present NIH Early Career Reviewer (MGA study section)
2019-present AHA Research Funding Subcommittee Member