Biographical Sketch

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Research and Professional Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO                                                           2009 - present

Post-doctoral Fellow, Division of Toxicology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD                                          2007-2009

Education and Training

University of Montana, Missoula, MT                                                                                                                                  2005 - 2007
Doctor of Philosophy
in Integrated Microbiology and Biochemistry

University of Montana, Missoula, MT                                                                                                                                   2002 - 2005
Master of Science in Biochemistry

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA                                                                                                                        1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Biology, Minor in Music History

Selected Scholarships and Awards

Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Individual National Research Service Award, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 2008-2009

Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Training Program in Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007-2008

Graduate School Dissertation Research Award, University of Montana, 2005 and 2007

Bertha Morton Graduate Scholarship, University of Montana, 2006

Outstanding Presentation, College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student and Faculty Research Conference, University of Montana, 2004 and 2006

American Society for Virology Graduate Student Travel Award, 2005

Montana Network for Biomedical Research Opportunities (BRIN) Graduate Student Enhancement Award, 2004

BRIN Graduate Student Travel Award, 2003

Victor Eyre Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, 1998 and 1999

Conferences Attended

Society of Toxicology Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2010

American Thoracic Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 2009

American Thoracic Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 2007

Pacific Northwest Society of Toxicologists Meeting, Missoula, MT, August 2006

American Association of Immunologists, Boston, MA, May 2006

College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student and Faculty Research Conference, University of Montana, Missoula MT, April 2004 and 2006

Asbestos Conference, Directions and Needs in Asbestos Research: New Insights

Center for Environmental Health Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula MT, July 2005

Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, Penn State University, State College PA, June 2005

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Retrovirus Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor NY, May 2004

Professional Organizations

American Thoracic Society

American Association of Immunologists

Society of Toxicology