Positions and Degrees

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
UC Irvine (2022-present)

Hope Funds for Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellow
Scripps Research and The Rockefeller University (2018-2022)
Advisor: Howard C. Hang

PhD in Chemistry
California Institute of Technology (2010-2018)
Advisor: Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson

BS in Biological Chemistry, BA in French, BFA in Music Performance
Tulane University (2005-2010)
Advisor: Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah

Selected Awards

Beckman Young Investigator Award (2024-2028)
V Scholar Award (2023-2026)
NCI K22 Career Transition Award (2023-2025)
Hope Funds for Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019-2022)
Melanoma Research Foundation Career Development Award (2019-2021)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2011-2014)
Phi Beta Kappa (2010)