Areas of Interest
Basic cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying complex neuropsychiatric diseases, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia; mechanisms of plasma membrane organization in polarized cells.
Honors & Awards
One Mind Rising Star Bipolar Disorder Translational Research Award, 2018
Travel Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 56th Annual Meeting, Palm Springs CA, 2017
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award, 2008-2010
Institutional NRSA from Hearing, Balance, and Chemical Senses Training Grant, University of Michigan, 2007-2008
Thomas Baum Travel Award for the Association for Chemoreception Sciences Meeting in Sarasota, FL, 2006
Pharmacological Sciences Training Program Fellowship, 2006
Credentials
Education
Ph.D., Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 2010
B.S., General Bioloy, University of Michigan, 2001
Post-Doctoral Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Duke University, Durham, NC, 2010-2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 2010
