Appointments and Training
2020 - present, Professor, Departments of Immunology & Microbiology and Chemistry, Scripps Research
2013 - 2019, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University
2007 - 2012, Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University
2004 - 2006, Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow , Whitehead Institute with Prof. Hidde Ploegh
1998 - 2003, Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley with Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi
1994 - 1998, B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz with Prof. Joseph Konopelski
Awards and Honors
2017 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry from American Chemical Society, Division of Biological Chemistry
2011 Distinguished Teaching Award from The Rockefeller University
2008 Ellison Foundation New Scholar Award
2007 Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Career Scientist Award
2002 American Chemical Society, Organic Division Graduate Fellowship
1999 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (Chem 3B), UC Berkeley
1998 Dean’s and Chancellor’s Award, UC Santa Cruz
1998 Priscilla Parkin Memorial Scholarship, UC Santa Cruz
1998 Kenneth and Ann Thiemann Scholarship, UC Santa Cruz
1998 Doug Drexler Chemistry Scholarship, UC Santa Cruz