Education and Training
2012 -present Postdoctoral Fellow
New York University School of Medicine
Mentor: Da-Neng Wang, Ph.D.
2006 – 2012 Ph.D in Molecular Biophysics
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Advisor: Youxing Jiang, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Protein Structure and Ion Binding in Potassium Selective Channels
2003 – 2005 B.S. in Chemistry (ACS, Honors Degree)
Purdue University
Advisor: Jennifer Hovis, Ph.D.
Thesis: Effect of Micelle Forming Lipids on Membrane Stability
2002 Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Missouri St. Louis, Dept. of Chemistry
Advisor: Professor Keith Stine
Funding
2017 – 2019 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
2016 – 2017 Department of Defense Horizon Award
2007 – 2010 National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Institutional Research Training Grant
Professional Activities
2019 – present NYU Medical Center CryoEM Discussion Group Organizer
2019 NYU Medical Center Skirball Institute Retreat Organizing Committee
2018 – present F1000Prime Associate Faculty Member
2004 Purdue Science Student Council President
2003 – 2005 Purdue Science Student Council Member
Honors & Awards
2019 Poster Award, New York Structural Biology Discussion Group
2014 Biophysics Wiki-edit Contest Winner, Biophysical Society
2013 Outstanding Poster Presentation, NYU Medical Center Skirball Institute Retreat
2005 Dale W. Margerum Undergraduate Research Award, Purdue University – Dept. of Chemistry
2005 Outstanding Research Award, Purdue University – Undergraduate Research Symposium
2004 Harrison M. Stine Memorial Scholarship, Purdue University – Dept. of Chemistry
2004 Best Science Paper Award, Butler University Undergraduate Research Conference
Professional Affiliations
Biophysical Society