B.A., Biochemistry, Barnard College, Columbia University
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Laboratory of Prof. William G. Scott, thesis entitled "Structure and Function of an RNA enzyme"
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England, Laboratory of Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan
Awards and Honors:
2021 Emory School of Medicine Innovation for Impact Award
2021 Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
2019 – 2020 Guest Editor, Nucleic Acids Research
2019 American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Young Investigator
2018 Cozzarelli Prize from National Academy of Sciences for the 2018 Best Biological Sciences paper
2018 – 2023 NIH Permanent Study Section Member, Molecular Genetics A
2018 Emory School of Medicine Researcher Appreciation Day Recognition
2017 American Crystallographic Association Etter Early Career Awardee
2016 - 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases
2011 - 2015 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
2010 - 2015 NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
2004 - 2008 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow
1999 - 2003 NSF-GAANN Graduate Research Fellowship