EDUCATION & RESEARCH

California Institute of Technology
Division of Biology
Postdoctoral Research
Advisor: Dr. Sarkis Mazmanian

University of California, DavisDecember 2011
Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Ph.D., Immunology
Thesis advisor: Dr. Charles L. Bevins

University of California, BerkeleyJune 2004
Bachelor of Science
Molecular and Environmental Biology - Microbiology emphasis

HONORS & AWARDS

2016	EMBO Next Gen Immunology Scholarship
2015	Keystone Symposia: Gut Microbiota Modulation of Host Physiology Scholarship
2014	NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
2013	Baxter Postdoctoral Fellowship, California Institute of Technology
2011	Gordon Research Conference: Antimicrobial Peptides Poster Award
2009–2010	UC Davis Professors for the Future Fellowship
2008–2010	NIH T32 Training Grant: Animal Models of Infectious Disease
2008, 2011	UC Davis Graduate Group in Immunology Scholarship Award

ACADEMIC SERVICE

2008–2009	Immunology Graduate Group Curriculum Committee Graduate Student Representative in the Curriculum Committee
2007–2008	Immunology Graduate Group Website Development Committee Organization and student contact for the Immunology website
2006–2009	Immunology Graduate Group Graduate Student Development Committee Immunology Graduate Group Recruitment events