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EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, 2008-present

Postdoctoral Fellow, Hardin lab; examined the roles of cell adhesion in cell migration events in development. Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2004-2008

Adjunct Assistant Professor (temporary, full time), Department of Biology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, Spring, 2004

Ph.D., Genetics and Molecular Biology, Cox lab; examined the role of oncogenes in cellular responses to ionizing radiation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998-2003

B.S., Molecular Biology, Grove City College, Grove City, PA, 1994-1998

Microbiology Lab Assistant, Grove City College, Grove City, PA, 1997

Carolina Summer Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Cox lab; learned how to do tissue culture, tested anticancer drugs on cell culturesUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1997

Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Hanes lab; learned how to manipulate DNA and perform yeast-two-hybrid, Biomedical Sciences, Wadsworth Center for Research and Laboratories, Albany, NY, 1996