Education
Ph.D. 1997. Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
M.Phil. 1993. Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
B.S. 1991. Genetic Biology (Honors and Distinction), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Appointment
Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Since Nov., 2001

Secondary Appts: Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Graduate Programs: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology (BCMB)
Anti-Cancer Drug Development (ACDD)
NanoBioMed (NBMed)

Research Interests
Molecular and mechanical bases of cell division. We are applying genetics, biochemistry, biophysics and mathematical modeling to studies of cytokinesis.

Awards
Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-2000
Leukemia Research Foundation, Postdoctoral Award, 2000
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences, 2000-2004
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award, 2003-2006
American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award, 2007-2011

Research Experience
Honors undergraduate research thesis. Localization of cholecystokinin gene in the cattle genome by in situ DNA hybridization. Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1988-1991
Thesis advisor: Larry Chrisman, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Dissertation research. Studies on the function of Drosophila kelch, an ovarian ring canal organizer. Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1992-1997
Dissertation advisor: Lynn Cooley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral research. Probing the mechanisms of cytokinesis using Dictyostelium discoideum. Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1997-2001
Postdoctoral sponsor: James A. Spudich, Ph.D.

Teaching
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant for “Principles of Human Genetics”, HG500A. Yale University School of Medicine. New Haven, CT, 1993
Minority Outreach Program: Teaching Science to 7th Graders. Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine and Troupe and West Hills Middle Schools, New Haven, CT, 1995
Postdoctoral Fellow
Co-organizer and moderator of graduate directed reading course, “Cell Migration and the Cytoskeleton.” Course organizers, James A. Spudich and Julie A. Theriot. Stanford University, 2000
Assistant Professor
Lecturer in Course in In vivo Biophysics, Topics in Macromolecular Structure and Function Series. Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2002
Core Discussion Leader, BCMB Program, 2002-03
Lecturer and Instructor, Cell Physiology Block of Molecules and Cells, Johns Hopkins Medical School First Year Curriculum, 2003
Lecturer, Cell Structure and Dynamics, Johns Hopkins Medical School Graduate First Year Curriculum, 2004
Founding Director, The Cytoskeleton Elective, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Since 2005

Professional Societies
American Society of Cell Biology
Biophysical Society

Continuing Education
Burroughs-Wellcome Fund/Howard Hughes Medical Institute Course in Scientific Management, HHMI, Chevy Chase, MD, July 27-31, 2002

National Service and Committees
Beckman Foundation Steering Committee for New Initiatives
Topic “Synthetic Organelles” 2003-2004