Biography
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Associate Professor of Chemistry August 2013 – present
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, August 2007 – August 2013
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Postdoctoral Fellow with Scott Lesley, June 2006 – July 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow with Kurt Wüthrich, Aug. 2002 – June 2006
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Postdoctoral Fellow with Wayne Hubbell, June 2001 – August 2002
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Graduate research with Wayne Hubbell, Sept. 1996 – May 2001
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Thesis: “Investigating backbone and side chain dynamics of α-helices in the nanosecond regime
with site-directed spin labeling”
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Undergraduate research with David Bickar, June 1993 – May 1996
B.A.in Chemistry (High Honors)
Honors Thesis: “Investigation of MPP+ binding to neuroreceptors”