Resume

• 2007

  Elmhurst College

  Greater Chicago Area

  Associate Professor in the Department of Biology

  Northeastern Illinois University

  Independently designed and taught two semesters of Biology 100 lecture and lab to Elmhurst College undergraduates

  Elmhurst College

• 2003

  Ph. D.

  Dissertation Title: The Role of the Negative Feedback Loop Genes

  Cryptochrome and Period

  in Circadian Rhythmicity

  Neuroscience

• 2001

  Northwestern University's Center for Functional Genomics

  Northeastern Illinois University

  Designed

  perfected

  and conducted multiple behavioral assays for a forward genetic mutagenesis screen using the mouse as a model organism. The results of these assays have lead to the discovery of novel genes involved in the regulation of complex behavior.

  Northwestern University's Center for Functional Genomics

  Assistant Professor

  Northeastern Illinois University

• 1997

  B.S.

  Biology