Education and Training:

*2001-Present: Associate Professor of Biology, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA

*2004: Visiting Scholar, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Dept. of Pharmacology, laboratory of Kim Heidenreich

*1997-2001: Assistant Professor of Biology, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA

*1995-1997: Research Associate: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Great Falls, MT, Consortium Project; Laboratories of Doug Coffin and George Carlson

*1993-1995: Postdoctoral Fellow: McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Great Falls, MT, Laboratory of Bill Crain

*1993: Internship: Transgenics Inc., Bozeman, MT

*1993: Ph.D. - Rice University, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Houston TX; Laboratory of Michael Gustin

Dissertation: "Cloning and Characterization of Genes Required for Osmoregulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae"

*1989: B.A - Science Education, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock TX

Professional Affiliations:

The American Society for Cell Biology

Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR): Pepperdine Liaison

The Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT)

Project Kaleidoscope: Science Education

Minority Access, Inc.

Summer Undergraduate Research in Biology Program (SURB) - Pepperdine University