Ph.D. in Biophysics, Scripps Research
Thesis: Mechamisms of cytoplasmic dynein regulation revealed by cryo-electron tomography
Advisor: Dr. Gabriel Lander
B.S. with Honors in Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Undergraduate Thesis: Examining cell shape as the mechanism for furrow positioning in the early zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo
Advisor: Dr. Francisco Pelegri
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology (ISCB), Scripps Research
Scripps Fellow, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology (ISCB), Scripps Research
Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Dr. Grant Jensen, Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Research Intern, Laboratory of Dr. Yevgenya Grinblat, Department of neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Research Specialist, Laboratory of Dr. Francisco Pelegri, Department of Genetics and Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences Award
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award, Phase 2
Baxter Young Investigator Award
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award, Phase 1
Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)/ROCHE Scholarship
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)
Scripps Research Dean’s Fellowship
The Cargill Benevenga Undergraduate Research Stipend Award
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Undergraduate Scholarship Award