EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

B.A. (1991) Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; French

B.S. (1995) Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; Biochemistry (Summa cum laude)

Ph.D. (2001) Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Genetics and Molecular Biology (Mentor: Jeremy M. Boss, Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral training (2001-2002) Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier, France (Mentor: Marcel Méchali, Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral training (2002-2009), Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (Mentor: James M. Fadool, Ph.D.)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1987-1991: U.S. National Merit Scholarship

1987-1991: Florida Undergraduate Academic Award Scholarship

1994: James R. Fisher/American Cancer Society Research Fellowship

1997-2001: NIH Predoctoral Fellowship

2001-2002: Postdoctoral Fellowship, French Ministry of Research

2003: Tuition scholarship, Neural Development and Genetics of Zebrafish course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

2006-2007: NIH NIDCD Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Senses

2006: Young Investigator Travel Award, XIIth International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration, Bariloche, Argentina

2010: ISER Travel Fellowship, XIXth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research, Montreal, Canada

2011-2015: Pew Biomedical Scholar Award