Bio
Education
12/2013 – present | Stanford University Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics and Molecular & Cellular Physiology Affiliate of the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Adviser: Prof. Steven Chu (Nanoscale optical and cathodoluminescence/electron bio-imaging) Departmental profile Group website Wikipedia page |
8/2009 – 11/2013 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. in Chemical Physics Adviser: Prof. Martin Gruebele (Experiments and simulations of fast protein dynamics) Departmental profile Group website Wikipedia page |
9/2005 – 6/2009 | University of Toronto H.B.Sc. with High Distinction in Chemistry and Physics Advisers: Prof. Ulrich Krull (DNA sensor development) Prof. Claudiu Gradinaru (Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy) Prof. Virginijus Barzda (Non-linear optical microscopy) |
Awards, Fellowships
2015 – 2018 | Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation NSF Center for Physics of Living Cells News |
2016 | 2016 PHYS Division Postdoctoral Research Award, American Chemical Society |
2014 | Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University |
2013 | 2013 Josephine G. Geerdes Memorial Travel Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2012 – 2014 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Illinois News Department of Chemistry Newsletter |
2012 | 2012 Graduate College Travel Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2011 – 2012 | John C. Bailar Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2011 | 2nd US-Mexico Workshop in Biological Chemistry: Protein Folding, Misfolding and Design, Travel Award, National Science Foundation |
2010 – 2011 | NSF Center for the Physics of Living Cells Teaching Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign |
2010 – 2011 | Walter Brown Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2008 | University of Toronto Excellence Award, University of Toronto |
2007 | University of Toronto Excellence Award, University of Toronto |
Teaching, Outreach, Professional Service
2014 – 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow Representative of the Biopolymers in Vivo (BIV) Subgroup, Biophysical Society Biophysical Society Newsletter interview in November 2014 Biophysical Society Newsletter paper highlight in July 2016 Biophysical Society Newsletter paper highlight in December 2016 |
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2010 – 2011 | NSF Center for the Physics of Living Cells Teaching Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign J Chem Ed article Center for Physics of Living Cells K-12 Outreach Program |
2009 – 2010 | Teaching Assistant for junior and senior level physical chemistry classes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
2008 – 2009 | Teaching Assistant for Introductory Physics and Introductory Chemistry, University of Toronto |
2007 – 2008 | Facilitated Study Sessions Leader for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Mathematics, University of Toronto, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Center |