EDUCATION

2004- 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow in Biological Chemistry
Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts.

1998- 2004 
Ph.D. in Molecular Cellular Structure,
Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, California.

1995- 1998
B.Sc. in Biochemistry,
California State University,
Long Beach, California

HONORS AND AWARDS

• American Society for Cell Biology Student travel award, 2002
• The Scripps Research Institute, Society of Fellows Travel award, 2001
• The Scripps Research Institute graduate program award for best presentation, 2001
• College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics outstanding graduate of the year 1998
• Magna cum laude  honored graduate in Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1998
• Robert Henderson Memorial award in Biochemistry, 1998
• Spyros Pathos IV Memorial award in chemistry 1995
• President's list honors, 1995, 1996, 1997

INVITED

• Gordon Research Conference “Motile and Contractile Systems” July 2009.
  Title “The Molecular Mechanism of Cytoplasmic Linker Associated Proteins”.
• 47th Annual Biophysical Society meeting in San Antonio, 2003.
  Symposium on Microtubule Motors: structure and mechanism
• 43th Annual American Society for Cell Biology in San Francisco, 2003.
  Mini-symposium on Molecular motors.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2008-2014     NIH Pathway to Independence award (K99/R00), NIGMS
2004-2007     American Cancer Society Postdoctoral fellowship
2000-2002     American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Fellowship
1997               American Heart Association Undergraduate research Fellowship
1995-1998     California State University, President’s full Scholarship