Professional Experience

2009 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2009, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1998 - 2000, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman Research Institute

1993 - 1998, Assistant Research Scientist/Director, Research and Development, Division of Anatomic Pathology, City of Hope

1992 - 1993, Assistant Research Professor II, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Geriatrics Research and Education Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.  Mentor:  Dr. Samuel Murray M.D.

1990 - 1993, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Pasadena, California.  Mentor:  Dr. Barbara Wold, Ph.D.

1989 - 1990, Visiting Scientist Fellowship, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.  Mentor:  Dr. Belinda Bullard, Ph.D.

1982 - 1990, Senior Scientist, Phytogen (plant genetic engineering; founder: Dr. James Bonner), Pasadena, California.

1982 - 1988, Graduate Student/Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.  Graduate Advisors: Dr. James Bonner (Caltech) and Dr. Maria Pellegrini (USC).

1980 - 1982, Research Technician with Dr. James Bonner, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

1978 - 1980, Research Technician with Dr. Harry Gray, Division of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

1976 - 1978, Research Technician with Dr. David E. Pettijohn, Department of Biophysics, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.

Education and Training

1990 - 1992, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Post-Doc. Molecular Biology

1988, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Ph.D. Molecular Biology

1976, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, B.S. Molecular Biology

1975, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, B.S. Biochemistry

This is an abbreviated document.  Full CV available upon request.  Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time.  Last updated: 02/09.

Honors and Awards

MUSES Woman of the Year Award, California Science Foundation, Los Angeles (March 16, 2005).

Teaching Award in Appreciation for Contributions to the Molecular Biology Series, UCLA.

Appeared in the PBS series, "Discovering Women in Science."

Young Investigator's Award, Advances in Mineral Metabolism Meeting, Snowmass, Colorado.