My Curriculum Vitae
Education
2014 PhD
Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Dissertation title: "The Human Microbiome in Health, Disease, and Death."
Dissertation title: "The Human Microbiome in Health, Disease, and Death."
2010 B.S.
Biomedical Sciences; microbiology emphasis
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2010 B.A.
Spanish
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Continuing Education
June-July 2015
Stanford's Hopkins Microbiology Course
October 2014
Pathway Tools Tutorial
July 2013
Workshop on Programming in R
April 2013
Advanced Anaerobic Bacteriology
January 2012
Online Science/Magazine Writing Course
Professional Experience
July 2018 - Present
Workshop Leader and Research Mentor
Schmahl Science Workshops
November 2017 - July 2018
Scientist and Editor
January Inc.
April 2016 - October 2017
Assistant Project Scientist
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
Jan 2015 - March 2016
Post-doctoral Scholar
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
May-Dec 2014
Post-doctoral Research Associate
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Honors & Awards
January 2016
Selected as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Science and Healthcare category
August 2013
$500 IMBS Program C.W. Smith Fellowship Award in recognition of outstanding research performance
May 2013
$10,000 Eugene and Millicent Goldschmidt Award (Texas ASM Branch)
May 2013
$500 ASM 2013 General Meeting (Denver, Colorado) travel award
March 2012
NIH-funded travel award to attend the International Human Microbiome Congress (Paris, France)
August 2011
Reappointed to the Baylor College of Medicine Interdepartmental
Program in Cell and Molecular Biology's Training Grant in Cell and Molecular Biology (NIGMS) for the funding period August 2, 2011-August
2, 2012
