B.S.,    Northland College (Chemistry & Biology)

Ph.D.,  University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chemistry)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow,  Penn State University

Current Teaching
Organic Chemistry I and II

Biochemistry I and II

Advanced Organic Chemistry

Research 

Chemistry and biology have long been considered separate disciplines, each applying its own technology and method to solve problems within their respective fields.  The boundaries between the chemical and biological sciences are rapidly dissolving as scientists increasingly use chemical tools and concepts to explore mechanism, structure and function in complex biological systems at the biochemical, genetic and organismal level.  The goal of the work in my lab is to develop new strategies to examine some of these exciting questions at the interface of chemistry and biology.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.  Albert Einstein