Professional Experience

2012 - present, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2008 - 2012, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2002 - 2008, Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Education and Training

2008, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

2002, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, B.S., Chemical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude)

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: 02/13.

Honors and Awards

2012, Travel Award to the 11th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases

2012, Travel Award to the Keystone Symposia: Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Therapy and Eradication

2011, 1st Place Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annual City of Hope Poster Session

2009, Best Poster Award at the 16th West Coast Retrovirus Meeting

2009, Travel Award to the Palm Springs Symposium on HIV/AIDS

2008, Travel Award to the 7th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases

2006 - 2007, Mentored Research Award, University of California Berkeley

2002 - 2005, University of California Berkeley Chancellor’s Opportunity Fellowship

2001, R.N. Maddox Chemical Engineering Senior Design Award

2001, Omega Chi Epsilon Honor Society Senior of the Year