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Online Curriculum
Vitae
Teaching and
Research Experience
- Teacher, Biology and Upperclassman
Science Research and Investigation
The Pingry School
www.pingry.org
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2002-Current |
- Teaching assistant (TA),
Biotechnology
Columbia University, Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences
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Fall 2007 |
- Research intern; Darst Lab
Rockefeller University
"Cloning, expression, and
crystallization of E. coli Rsd
protein"
"Identification of bacteriophage T7
E.coli RNA polymerase-binding proteins
using MALDI-TOF MS"
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2004-2006
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- Research intern;
Fischetti Lab
Rockefeller University
"Isolation and analysis of bacteriophage
metagenomes from soil collected around The
Pingry School"
"Screening bacteriophage genomes for lysin
genes using linker-amplified shotgun
expression library (LASEL) cloning"
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2006-2007
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June 2004 |
- Biology teacher
Johns Hopkins University; Center for
Talented Youth (CTY)
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Summer 2003 |
Education
- Columbia
University, New York, NY
MA,
Biotechnology
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- Washington
University, Saint Louis, MO
BA, Biology
and Secondary Education
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Awards and Grants
- Pingry Faculty Award
James P. Whitlock, Jr. '60 Faculty
Development Fund for Science, Mathematics,
and Technology
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2008 |
- Toshiba America Foundation; Grants for
Math and Science Education
($10,000)
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April 2007
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- Toshiba America Foundation; Grants for
Math and Science Education
($10,000)
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Fall 2004
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- E.J. Grassmann Foundation Grant
($10,000)
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Spring 2004 |
Presentations and Publications
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Conference participant
IBC Drug
Discovery and Development Week
(Boston, MA,
August 2009).
Sessions
attended: The Next Wave of Antibody Therapeutics, Drug Safety
Strategies to De-Risk Compounds, Targets in Context-Linking Targets
to Diseases.
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August 2009
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Modeling the Molecular World,
Part 2: Designing Instructional Materials for the Classroom.
Center for Biomolecular Modeling, Milwaukee School
of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI.
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July 2009 |
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Poster presentation
American Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Meeting
(ASBMB), New Orleans, LA
Poster: "Bioinformatics in a High School
Research Curriculum: Phage Hunting and Soil Metagenomics at
The Pingry School"
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May 2009 |
- Oral Presentation
American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology Meeting (ASBMB), San
Diego, CA
"Targets for Drug Discovery: Has
Target-Based Screening Failed for
Antibacterials?"
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April 2008
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- Poster Presentation
American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology Meeting (ASBMB), San
Diego, CA
"Physical models of bacteriophage lytic
enzymes: 2008 Pingry School S.M.A.R.T. Team
Project"
Poster
Abstract (pdf)
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April 2008
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Poster Presentation
American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology Meeting (ASBMB), San
Diego, CA
"Screening for novel small molecule-encoding
sequences using environmental DNA cosmid
libraries created from Pingry School soil
metagenomes"
Poster
Abstract (pdf)
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April 2008
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- Attendee and poster
presentation at 16th Evergreen International
Phage Meeting. Evergreen College,
Olympia, WA.
"Phage Hunting at The Pingry School:
Isolation of bacteriophage from Pingry soil
and screening for the lysin gene
using Linker-Amplified Shotgun Expression
Library (LASEL) cloning"
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August 2007
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- Attendee and poster
presentation
Symposium in Honor of Roger Kornberg,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
"Macromolecular Structure and Function as an
Unifying Theme to Enhance the High School
Biology Curriculum: Increasing student
understanding of transcription and other
biological mechanisms by
utilizing structural data, computer
visualization software, and physical models"
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April 2007
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Poster Presentation
American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology Meeting (ASBMB), San
Francisco, CA
"Physical model of Prokaryotic RNA
Polymerase Holoenzyme: 2006 Pingry
S.M.A.R.T. Team Project"
Poster
Abstract (pdf)
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April 2006 |
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October 2005 |
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June 2005 |
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Poster Presentation; Science Education
American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology Meeting (ASBMB), San
Diego, CA
"Incorporating Biomolecular Structural Data
into Teaching Curricula: Utilizing
crystallographic data, computer
visualization software, and physical models
to enhance student understanding of protein
structure and function"
Poster
Abstract (pdf)
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April 2005 |
- Workshop presenter; Protein Data Bank (PDB)
outreach workshop
American Crystallographic Association
Annual Meeting 2004
Workshop flyer (pdf)
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July 2004 |
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May 2004 |
- Workshop presenter; S.M.A.R.T. Teams
projects to enhance student understanding of
science.
National Science Teacher Association (NSTA)
National Convention, Atlanta GA
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April 2004 |
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Spring 2004 |
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April 2004 |
Professional Development
(workshops and conventions)
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Conference attendee.
IBC Drug Discovery
and Development Week, Boston, MA
Sessions attended: The
Next Wave of Antibody Therapeutics, Drug Safety Strategies to
De-Risk Compounds, Targets in Context-Linking Targets to Diseases.
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August 2009 |
- Modeling the Molecular
World, Part 2: Designing Instructional
Materials for the Classroom
Center
for Biomolecular Modeling, Milwaukee School
of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI.
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July 2009 |
- American Society of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Annual Meetings
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2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
- American Crystallograhic
Association (ACA) Annual Meeting
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2004 |
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2003, 2004 |
- Edward Teller Science Education
Symposium
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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September 2003 |
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Genes, Schemes, and Molecular Machines
Center for Biomolecular Modeling,
Milwaukee School of Engineering
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June 2003 |
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June 2003 |
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