Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION – DEGREES EARNED
University of Virginia Wake Forest University Wake Forest University |
PhD* MS** BA |
2000 1993 1992 |
Biophysics Physics Physics, Math (minor) |
*Time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of light-driven ion pumps.
Mentor: Prof. Mark Braiman
**Two-dimensional motion of DNA bands during 120° pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Mentor: Prof. George Holzwarth
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Chair, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Associate Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University Deputy Director for Biophotonics and Biomechanics, VIIBRE Fellow, Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystem Research & Education (VIIBRE) |
2017-Present 2016-Present 2016-Present 2010-2016 2006-2010 2003-2010 2013-Present 2003-2013 |
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ORISE Faculty Fellow, National Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Visiting Professor, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
2012-2013
2007 |
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Biological Physics, Duke University Department of Physics and Free Electron Laser Laboratory Mentors: Prof. Glenn Edwards, Prof. Dan Kiehart |
2000-2003 |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Physical Society (APS-Physics), Division of Biological Physics
Biophysical Society
Society of Toxicology
HONORS & AWARDS
Society of Toxicology Bridging Award, 2013
Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, College of Arts & Science, Vanderbilt University, 2007
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2006
Coblentz Society Outstanding Student Award in Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2000
National Institutes of Health Biophysics Training Grant Fellow, 1996-1999
Dean’s Fellowship, University of Virginia, 1995-1999
magna cum laude, Wake Forest University, 1992
Guy T. Carswell Scholarship, Wake Forest University, 1988-1992
William Poteat Scholarship, Wake Forest University, 1988-1992
National Merit Scholar, 1988
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