Department of Genetics
222 Fordham Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264

Contact Information | Education | Employment | Teaching Experience
| Publications | Memberships | Awards | Sabbatical


Education

Contact Information | Education | Employment | Teaching Experience
| Publications | Memberships | Awards | Sabbatical

B.S. - May, 1981
Nasson College

M.A. - December, 1989
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University

M. Phil. - December, 1991
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University

Ph.D. - October, 1994
Department of Genetics and Development
Columbia University
Thesis advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Robertson, FRS

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-2000
National Institute for Medical Research
Mill Hill, London, UK
PI: Dr. James C. Smith, FRS


Employment

Contact Information | Education | Employment | Teaching Experience
| Publications | Memberships | Awards | Sabbatical

1987-1988 Research Staff Associate
Dr. Richard Axel, Nobel Laureate
Columbia Cancer Institute
Columbia University, NY

1994-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Jim Smith
Lab. of Developmental Biology
London, UK

2001-2007 Assistant Professor
Dept. of Genetics
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

2007-Present Associate Professor
Dept. of Genetics
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

2007-2009 Associate Director
UNC Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Training Program
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

2009-Present Visiting Scientist
Dr. Ileana Cristea
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ


Teaching Experience

Contact Information | Education | Employment | Teaching Experience
| Publications | Memberships | Awards | Sabbatical

Assistant Instructor
Molecular Biology of the Mouse
Summer Course
Cold Spring Harbor, 1992

Assistant Instructor
Molecular Biology of the Mouse
Summer Course
Cold Spring Harbor, 1991

Teaching Assistant
Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics
Columbia University, 1992

Assistant Instructor
Developmental Genetics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003


Memberships

Contact Information | Education | Employment | Teaching Experience
| Publications | Memberships | Awards | Sabbatical

2004-2009 NIH/NICH Xenopus tropicalis Steering Committee

2004-2009 NIH/NICH Xenopus tropicalis Mutagenesis Sub-Committee

2004-2007 American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Study Section, Permanent Member

2005-2007 Grant Review Board, Medical Research Counsel, England, UK

2005-2008 American Heart Association, National Study Section, Permanent Member

2006 NIH National Study Section, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Xenopus, Special Emphasis Panel, Member

2005 Grant Review Board, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

2005 Grant Review Board, Erwin Schroedinger Grant Review Board, Austria

2005 American Cancer Society, National Study Section, Ad Hoc Member

2006 NIH/NHLBI National Study Section, Program in Systems Biology-Special Emphasis Panel, Ad Hoc Member

2007, 2008 NIH National Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel, Scientific Review Group, Mentored Clinical Scientist Career Development Award

2008 NIH National Study Section, Co-Chair, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Zebrafish, Special Emphasis Panel, Tools for Zebrafish Research

2008 NIH National Study Section, Cardiovascular Differentiation and Development Study Section, Ad Hoc Member

2008, 2009 Co-Chair of the American Heart Association Region II Cardiovascular Development Study Group

2008-Present NIH National Study Section, Development 1, Permanent Member

2008 NIH National Study Section, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Research Committee (AITRC), Ad Hoc Member

2009 NIH National Study Section, CVRS Member Conflict Special Emphasis Panel, Member

2011 NIH National Study Section, Genetic and Genomic Analysis in Xenopus, Special Emphasis Panel, Member


Awards

Contact Information | Education | Employment | Teaching Experience
| Publications | Memberships | Awards | Sabbatical

2002 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award

2002 UNC Medical Alumni Award

2007-2011 American Heart Association Established Investigator Award

2008 Kenan Faculty Fellowship

2011-Present Editorial Board, Developmental Biology


Sabbatical

Contact Information | Education | Employment | Teaching Experience
| Publications | Memberships | Awards | Sabbatical

Ileana Cristea Laboratory
Princeton University
2009-2010

 

 

 

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