Title: Professor
Education: - Ph.D. in Biology, 1994 — University of California, Santa Cruz
- M.S. in Marine Biology, 1989 — Scripps Institution of Oceanography,University of California, San Diego
- B.S. in Biochemistry an minor in Theatre Arts, 1985 — University of California, Davis
Awards: - 2015-2017 — Sundt Honors Endowed Professorship, New Mexico State University
- 2015 — Regents Chair Professorship, New Mexico State University
- 2013 — American Society of Microbiology Committee Recognition on Nishiguchi-5Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities
- 2013 — Systems and Synthetic Biology of Microbial Systems Workshop participant, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
- 2012-2013 — Dennis W. Darnall Faculty Achievement Award, New Mexico State University (overall teaching, scholarship, and service for the university)
- 2011-2012 — American Society of Microbiology International Professorship for Asia
- 2012 — NESCent MSI Faculty Travel Award
- 2012 — American Society of Microbiology Minority Travel Grant
- 2011 — National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences
- 2009 — College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Outstanding Achievement Award in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service, New Mexico State University
- 2006 — Visiting Research Fellow-Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
- 2003-2004 — Ellison Visiting Scholars Program, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA
Discipline: Molecular and Cell Biology
