2017 –             Co-Director,
                        Sauer Structural Biology Laboratory

                        Member,
                        LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes
                        Dell Medical School

2016 –             Assistant Professor and CPRIT Scholar,
                        Department of Molecular Biosciences

                        Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology

                        Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology
                        University of Texas at Austin

2014 – 2016   Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of California, Berkeley
                       California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
                       Title: “Structure and Function of CRISPR RNA-guided surveillance complexes in bacteria”
                       Advisors: Jennifer A. Doudna and Eva Nogales    

2013               Yale University                                                            Ph.D., with distinction
                       Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
                       Advisor: Hong-Wei Wang
                       Research Committee: Joan A. Steitz, Susan J. Baserga, and Antonio J. Giraldez 

2010               Yale University                                                           M.Phil.          
                       Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry

2008               Syracuse University                                                   B.S., summa cum laude          
                       Biochemistry

2016                CPRIT Scholar, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas
2015                Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Outstanding Postdoc Award, University of California, Berkeley
2015                Damon Runyon Fellow, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
2014                Mary Ellen Jones Dissertation Prize, Yale University 
2012                AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, Science 
2011                NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellow, National Science Foundation
2011                Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Excellence in Teaching Award, Yale University 
2010                Yale Scientific Teaching Fellow, Yale University 
2010                NSF Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
2009                Associate Faculty Member, Faculty of 1000
2008                Research Achievement and Academic Excellence Award, Syracuse University Biology Department 
2008                Named Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities 
2007                Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Barry M. Goldwater Foundation
2007                Remembrance Scholar Finalist, Syracuse University
2004                Syracuse University Academic Merit Scholar