EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, CA
Biochemistry, 1983-1989
B.S. University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Chemistry, 1979-1983
WORK EXPERIENCE
2002-present Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University. Research areas: Structure and function studies of metalloenzymes.
1998-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University. Research areas: Structure and function studies on the metalloenzymes nitrogenase and hydrogenase.
1993-1998 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University. Research areas: Structure and function studies on the metalloenzymes nitrogenase and hydrogenase.
1989-1993 Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the laboratory of Dr. Leonard E. Mortenson, University of Georgia. Research area: Mapping the sites of MgATP interaction with nitrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii by site-directed mutagenesis.
1983-1989 Ph.D. Research Assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel J. Arp, University of California, Riverside. Research area: Purification and characterization of the membrane-bound hydrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii.
1981-1983 Undergraduate research in the laboratory of Dr. Stephen Dietrich, University of Redlands, California. Research area: Synthesis and screening of novel sulfonamide inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase as potential anticonvulsant drugs.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AWARDS
2015-2019 Panel Member, National Institutes of Health, Molecular Structure and Function A.
2013 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
2012 NSF IDEAS Lab Mentor, Crewe England.
2012 Outstanding Lecturer Award, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2012 Department of Energy, Site Visit Review, Integrated Catalysis Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2012 D. Wynne Thorne Career Research Award, Utah State University.
2010 Science Collaborator of the Year, Energy Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University.
2009 USDA Program Review Team Member for the Biochemistry Department at Virginia Tech.
2008 NIH, Molecular Structure and Function Study Section E, Ad hoc member.
2007 NIH, Molecular Structure and Function Study Section E, Ad hoc member.
2007 USU College of Science Teacher of the Year.
2005 NIH, Biochemistry and Biophysics of Membranes Study Section, Ad Hoc Member.
2005 USDA Plant Biochemistry Panel, panel member.
2004 USU College of Science Researcher of the Year.
2004 NIH, Physical Biochemistry Study Section, Ad Hoc Member.
2003 USDA Program Review Team Member for the Biochemistry Department at Virginia Tech.
2003-2006 Editoral Board Member, Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
2000-2002 Panel Member, NSF-Molecular Biochemistry
2000 Chair, Gordon Research Conference, Nitrogen Fixation.
1999 Ad Hoc Panel Member, NIH-Metallobiochemistry Study Section.
1998 Ad Hoc Panel Member, NSF-Molecular Biochemistry.
1998 Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference, Nitrogen Fixation.
2001-2003 Panel Member, USDA Plant Biochemistry Study Section.
1996, 1998 Panel Member, USDA, Nitrogen Fixation Section.
1992 Eli Lily Travel Award Recipient, The Protein Society.
1988 President, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Biochemistry Department, University of California, Riverside.
1987 Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year in Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside.
1983 Magna cum laude, University of Redlands.
1982 California Foundation for Biochemical Research Fellowship.
1982 President, American Chemical Society Student Affiliates, University of Redlands.
1979 American Legion Scholarship.