Internal Service

• Biological and Organic Divisions. Chair, 07/2013 - present. Department service.

Honors & Awards

• ACS Teva Pharmaceutical Scholar (2015). ACS, 08/17/2015
• University of Utah Presidential Scholar. University of Utah , 07/2015
• Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholar Award. University of Utah , 05/2014
• Thieme Journals Award for Creative Research. Thieme Journals, 09/18/2011

In the Media

• Utah company creating superdrug to fight superbugs. 02/19/2015. http://www.kutv.com/news/features/local-news/stori...
• Medical breakthrough: a drug that may kill superbugs. 02/19/2015. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=33528669
• CURZA’S CEO DISCUSSES THE ANTIBIOTIC LANDSCAPE: HTTP://WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM/VIDEO/WHY-COMPANIES-ARE-INVESTING-IN-ANTIBIOTICS-UGUJ15TYTW~CAN5CEIFR6A.HTML. 01/30/2015. http://dailyutahchronicle.com/2015/01/30/U-RESEARC...
• Highlights of anti-biofilm work:“Cell communication: Stop the microbial chatter” Nature 511, 493-497 (24 July 2014) . 07/24/2014.
• Highlyght of 2-hydroxyglutarate work: “New Enzyme Targets for Leukemia and Brain Tumors”. 02/07/2013. http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/new-...
• Advertisement for a chemical reagent developed in our research group which is now sold through Sigma Aldrich Co. 10/16/2011. www.Sigma-aldrich.com
• Highlights of 2-oxoglutarate work: “U. researchers: Tumors hungry for sugar”. 08/21/2009. http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=13179951&...