About

I'm a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford in the UK and the National Institutes of Health in Maryland defending this winter.  Besides science, I've interest in exploration and education (see article on the Houston Scholar Program).

Education

Graduate (ongoing)

University of Oxford (New College)

Matriculated 2008 to read for a DPhil in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics

Advisors: Chris Ponting (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Oxford, UK), Elliott Margulies (formerly at the National Human Genome Research Institute, Rockville, MD; now at Illumina in the UK)

More information about the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program

Undergraduate

Rice University (Will Rice College)

BA in Biochemistry and Cell Biology (2008)

BS in Physics, Chemistry, and Chemical Physics (2008)

Selected awards

Marshall Scholar (Sallyport, Rice News)

NIH-Oxford Scholar (Rice News)

Rice University Outstanding Senior Award

Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Hall of Fame