EDUCATION

2006          PhD, Yale University                                         Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2004-06     Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina       Biology

2003          MS, Yale University                                           Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

      

2000          BA, Rutgers University                                      Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

         

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022-        Professor

2015-22     Associate Professor

2009-15     Assistant Professor

                 Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources

                 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University

2007-09     National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

                 Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University

1997          Lab Technician 1

                 ABL-BRP, National Cancer Institute

1995-96     Student Trainee in Physical Chemistry

                 Macromolecular Engineering Lab, Hoffman-LaRoche

SELECTED GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2018-19     NSF DDIG BCS 1826220

2015-23     NSF Partnerships in International Research and Education OIA 1545553

2015-22     NSF CAREER DEB 1453241

2013-17     BMGF/DFID Phase II OPP1052391

2012-19     NSF Assembling the Tree of Life DEB 1240049

2011-13     NIH NIAID 1R03AI096265

2010-14     NSF Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories DEB 1026095

2010-12     NSF Research Starter Grant MCB 1034927

2008          Women’s Career Development Grant, American Society for Microbiology

2007-08     NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship DBI 0630707

2004-06     NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant DEB 0408000

2001-06     Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship

2000          Fulbright Full Grant for study in Germany

SELECTED AWARDS

2017          Ann Palmenberg Young Investigator Award, American Society for Virology

2016          Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Rutgers

                 Chancellor’s Scholar, Rutgers

2015          Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence, Rutgers

                 Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, Rutgers

2014          Young Investigator Prize, Theobald Smith Society (NJ ASM branch)

2008          Postdoctoral Poster Prize, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

2007          John Spangler Nicholas Prize, Yale University

         

2006          Raymond W. Sarber Award, American Society for Microbiology

          

2005          Travel Grant, World Summit on Evolution, Galapagos Islands

           

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2022-      co-Editor-in-Chief, Viral Evolution

2015-22     Editorial Board, Journal of Virology

2014-22     Associate Editor, Viral Evolution

2013-16     Editorial Board, Virology

2011-13     Editorial Board, Journal of General Virology

2008-13     Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology