PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Cell Biology
Area of Interest
The overarching goal of my research program is to understand the system of inter- and intra-molecular interactions that dynamically regulate the catalytic mechanisms of enzymes to precisely time the events of the cell cycle. We employ a hybrid technological approach, including enzyme kinetics, mutagenesis, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and cryo-EM, to characterize these molecular machines. Our results provide mechanistic insight into the cell cycle that will influence the drug design of cancer therapeutics.
Awards and Honors
- Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2023-2024
- American Heart Association Innovative Project Award, 2023
- UNC Creativity Hub Award, 2023
- UNC Boost Award, 2023
- IBM Junior Faculty Development Award, 2020
- University of North Carolina Lineberger Development Award, 2019
- NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators, 2018-2023
- NCI K22 Career Transition Award, 2017-2018
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Special Fellowship, 2015-2017
- Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Fellowship, 2012-2015
- Gulf Coast Consortia/Keck Center Biomedical Discovery from Large Scale Data Sets Training Program Fellowship, 2010-2011
- Gulf Coast Consortia/Keck Center Pharmacoinformatics Training Program Fellowship, 2008-2010
- Baylor College of Medicine Verna and Marrs McLean Award, 2006
