Born:

June 23rd, 1976, Madison, WI

Education:

2004: Ph.D. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology; Professor David W. C. MacMillan, advisor.

2000: M.S. Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley; Professor David W. C. MacMillan, advisor.

1998: B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin at Platteville; Professor Dwight Klaassen, advisor.

Professional experience:

2006-present: Assistant Professor, Columbia University

2004-2006: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Professor Samuel J. Danishefsky, advisor.

1998-2003: Graduate Research Assistant, UC-Berkeley and Caltech; Professor David W. C. MacMillan, advisor.

1997-1998: Undergraduate Research, UW-Platteville;
Professors Charles Sundin and James Hamilton, advisors.

Summer 1997: NSF--Research Experience for Undergraduates, University of Kansas; Professor Joseph Heppert, advisor.