Education

• 2002, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Soil Environmental Biogeochemistry, Stanford University
• 2001, Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis
• 1996, Masters of Science, Organic Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 
• 1994, Bachelors of Science Chemistry, University of California, Davis

Research Experience

• 2002-Present  
  Assistant Professor,California State University, Stanislaus, Department of Chemistry       
• 2002-Present
  Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
• 2001-2002
  Post Doctoral Fellow,Stanford University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
  • Research Topics: investigate Cr and U biogeochemistry with biogenic iron oxides and metal reducing microbes under ground water flow conditions; perform solid phase analysis using synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy
  • Research Director:  Dr. Scott Fendorf
• 1996-2001
  Research Assistant, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry
  • Dissertation Topics:  investigated the mechanism of reactions of Cr(III), phenol, and sulfide with birnessite (MnO1.94); identified and characterized the humic mediated photo-oxidation of Mn(II)
  • Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Robert J. Zasoski
• 1994-1996
  Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Research Topics: synthesis and characterization of drug candidates to be used in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT)
  • Research Advisor:  Dr. M. Fredrick Hawthorne

Selected Publications