Education

  • Postdoctoral training, Mentor: William H. Gerwick, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
  • Graduate, PhD, Chemistry, Mentor: Michael T. Davies-Coleman, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
  • Undergraduate, BS Hons, Chemistry and Marine Biology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa

Professional Experience

  • 10/24 – Professor and Chair, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 

  • 07/19 – 09/24 Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 

  • 09/18 – 06/19 Visiting Scholar, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA 

  • 2014 – date Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 

  • 2012 – 2019 Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 

  • 2012 – 2015 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 

  • 2011 – 2013 Affiliate Faculty, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

  • 2011 – date Affiliate Faculty, Center for Quantitative Life Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA 

  • 2006 – 2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

  • 2002 – 2006 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

  • 2000 – 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA (Prof. William H. Gerwick) 

  • 1997 – 2000 Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (Prof. Michael T. Davies-Coleman)