Education
- Postdoctoral, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah
- Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Utah
- B.S., Biochemistry, Lehigh University
Professional Experience
2022 - Present | Research Associate Professor. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
2012 - 2021 | Research Assistant Professor. Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
2011 - 2021 | Research Assistant Professor. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
2010 - Present | Co-Investigator. Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program (ETSP), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
2007 - 2010 | Research Scientist: In vitro electrophysiology. CNS Biology, Cephalon Inc., West Chester, PA |
2003 - 2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow: Mediation and modulation of synaptic transmission by kainate receptors of the medial entorhinal cortex. Advisor: Karen S. Wilcox, PhD. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
1997 - 2003 | Graduate Research Student: Delta- and mu-Conotoxins - Peptides from cone snail venoms that selectively affect tetrodotoxin-sensitive and tetrodotoxin-resistant voltagegated sodium channels. Advisors: Baldomero M. Olivera, PhD, & Doju Yoshikami, PhD. Neuroscience Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
1996 - 1997 | Undergraduate Research Student: Analysis of heparin’s effects on chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate proteoglycan expression in the vascular system. Advisor: Linda Lowe-Krentz, PhD. Department of Biochemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA |
1994 | Research Technician: Synthesis and purification of polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines. Connaught Laboratories Inc., Swiftwater, PA |