Biography

1986-1991 Graduate Student with Dr. Simon Kwok, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center

1991-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Joseph Besharse, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center

1996-1997 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center

1997-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Virginia

2003-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Virginia

2007-2009 Professor, Department of Biology, University of Virginia

2009-present Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern

Education

Undergraduate
Southwest Missouri State Unive (1984), Biology
Graduate School
Southwest Missouri State Unive (1986), Biology
Graduate School
University of Kansas Medical C (1991), Biochemistry

Research Interest

  • Circadian control of metabolism
  • Molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythmicity
  • Post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms

Publications

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Honors & Awards

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
    (2005)
  • The Karl Kirchgessner Foundation Research Award
    (1998)
  • C.J. Herrick Award
    Presented by The Anatomy Society for ?Outstanding Young Investigator in Comparative Neurology (1990)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Society for Research on Biological Rhythms