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Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT POSITION
| 2007 – 2009 | Marie Curie Incoming International Fellow Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Human Evolution Leipzig, Germany |
EDUCATION
| 2004 | D.Phil. Biochemistry | University of Oxford , United Kingdom Department of Biochemistry & Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art Thesis Title: Isotopic Investigation of Pregnancy and Breastfeeding in Modern and Archaeological Populations |
| 1998 | B.A. Archaeological Chemistry | Pomona College, Claremont, California Thesis Title: Immunological Identification of Ancient Protein on Grinding Stones by CIEP Analysis and the use of OCR to Date Archaeological Soil Samples. |
RESEARCH/WORK EXPERIENCE
| 1999 | Summer Research Fellowship, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institutes Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington |
| 1998 | Summer Research Assistant in Thermoluminescene Dating Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington |
| 1997-1998 | Research Assistant in Porphyrin Synthesis Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, Claremont, California |
| 1997 | Archaeological Excavation/Survey, Upper Klamath River Archaeology Field School, Department of Anthropology, Pomona College, Claremont, California |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 2007 | Adjunct Chemistry Professor Chemistry 100 (Fundamentals of Chemistry & Laboratory) – San Diego City College |
| 2006 | Teaching Assistant, Chemistry 100 (Fundamentals of Chemistry & Laboratory) – San Diego City College |
| 2006-2007 | Teaching Assistant Chemistry 200 (General Chemistry I – Laboratory) – San Diego City College |
| 2006 | Teaching Assistant Chemistry 233 & 233L (Organic Chemistry II Lecture & Laboratory) – San Diego City College |
| 1998 | Archaeology Instructor Archaeology Summer Camp for 7th & 8th grade students Burke Museum of Natural History – University of Washington |
| 1996-1997 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Assistant Department of Chemistry – Pomona College |
HONORS/AWARDS
| 2003 | 2nd Prize | Oral student presentations at the SIMSUG (Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users Group) 2003 Conference, University of Bristol, UK |
| 2002 | 1st Prize | Oral Student presentations at the 9th meeting of the Oxford Nutrition Group, St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, UK |
| 2000 | Scholarship | St. Hugh’s Graduate Scholarship in Biological Sciences, St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, UK |
| 1997 | Award | American Chemical Society, undergraduate award for Analytical Chemistry |
