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I am a scientist working in the field of structural biology. I currently work in the Molecular Structure Group at the University of California, San Francisco in the lab of Dr. David Agard. My research focuses on developing techniques in helical reconstruction of biological molecules imaged with cryo-electron microscopy.

My main interests outside of work are surfing, motorcycles, old trucks, running, backpacking, snowboarding, good beer and great wine.

I am a former post-graduate researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I have an undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology and a masters degree in Computer Science, both from UCSC. After graduating I worked as a specialist with Dr. Harry Noller, director of The Center for Molecular Biology of RNA at UCSC.

My studies in the Noller lab focused on helping solve the structure of 70S ribosomes in the organism Thermus thermophilus using x-ray crystallography. My graduate research with Dr. David Haussler and Dr. Lydia Gregoret, focused on protein structure and function prediction using neural networks.

Besides working in electron microscopy, I am currently participating in a project called Computers in Chemistry at Cabrillo College (C4) which is a NSF course curriculum development grant focused on the use of molecular visualization in undergraduate chemistry education.