Post-Doctoral - University of California, San Diego, 2005-2008 Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Louisiana State University, 2005 B.S. - The College of William & Mary, 1995

Protein stabilization mediated by compatible solutes (osmolytes) Development of structure- and activity-based biochemical assays of protein stability Characterization of osmolyte-dependent protein stability for multiple protein models Investigation of stabilization mechanisms Biochemical characterization of transcriptional regulators from the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans Cloning, overexpression and purification of putative gene regulatory proteins Characterization of DNA- and ligand-binding properties Analysis of molecular mechanisms and gene regulatory functions.