Principal Investigator

UC Davis Faculty Profile

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia (2014)

Ph.D., Microbiology, UCLA (2009)

B.S., Genetics, UC Davis (2001)

Selected Awards

UC Davis Early Career Faculty Award for Creativity and Innovation (2019)

American Society for Microbiology Young Investigator Award (2017)

Pew Scholar (2016 – 2020)

Hellman Fellow (2016 – 2017)

NIH K22 Career Transition Award (2014 – 2016)

Hartwell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2013 – 2014)

American Society for Microbiology Career Development Grant for Postdoctoral Women (2012)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation (2010 – 2013)

NIH Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010 – 2012)

NIH Postdoctoral Training Grant (2009 – 2010)

Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA (2008)

Distinction in Teaching Award, UCLA (2005)

NIH Predoctoral Training Grant (2004 – 2007)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Science Teaching Fellowship (2000)