Curriculum vitae
Education
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2000
Biological Specialty, Thesis: Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases: tRNA Acceptor Stem Discrimination and Amino Acid Editing, Advisor: Prof. Karin Musier-Forsyth
B.A. Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, 1994
Chemistry major, Mathematics minor, Honors Thesis: New Methods in the Synthesis of a Cyanobacterin Analog, Advisor: Prof. Janet L. Carlson
Scientific Employment
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University
Professor, 2018-present
Associate Professor, 2012-2018
Assistant Professor, 2006-2012
Biotechnology Initiative, member since 2006
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems (CIRCS), member since 2007
Environmental Cancer Research Program, member since 2008, Associate Director
Bioengineering, Affiliated Faculty
Barnett Institute, Interim Director, 2021-2023
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Project Title: Regulation of the SOS Response and Translesion Synthesis, Research Advisor: Prof. Graham C. Walker, 2001-2006
Postdoctoral Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, 2001- 2004
Acting Principal Investigator, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota 2000- 2001
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Advisor: Prof. Karin Musier-Forsyth, 2000-2001.
Honors and Awards
1990 National Merit Scholar
1990-1994 DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar
1992-1994 Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor Society)
1994 American Institute of Chemists Award
1994 Phi Lambda Upsilon, Honorary Chemical Society
1995-1997 NIH Molecular Biophysics Trainee
1997-1998 Louise T. Dosdall Fellowship
1998 Council of Graduate Students 1998 Graduate Student Leadership Award
1998 SDE/Graduate Women in Science Mary Haga Travel Award
1999 Univ. of Minnesota President’s Student Leadership and Service Award
1999 Natl. Assoc. of Graduate and Professional Students President’s Award
2000 Committee on Institutional Cooperation WISE Student Travel Grant
2000 Sharon Doherty Student Recognition Award
2001-2004 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2006-2011 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award
2009-2012 Cottrell Scholar, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
2009-2014 CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
2011 American Chemical Society WCC Lectureship
2012-2016 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant
2015 Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award, Chemical Toxicology Division, American Chemical Society
2020 Fellow, American Chemical Society
2021 IMPACT Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement
2021 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publications
https://dnalab.sites.northeastern.edu/publications/
Teaching
CHEM 5599 Introduction to Research Skills and Ethics (Fall/Spring)
CHEM 5600 Research Skills and Ethics (Summer)
CHEM 5621 Principles of Chemical Biology
CHEM 7750 Advanced Problem Solving, chemical biology area (Fall)
Research Courses
CHEM 4750 Senior Research
CHEM 4901 Undergraduate Research
CHEM 4971 Junior/Senior Honors Project
CHEM 4991 Directed Study
Service to the Scientific Community
Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science, Alpha Omega (Boston) Chapter, founding member of re-established chapter, January 2002
Facilitator, Second Convocation on Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience, The National Academies, April 15, 2004
Panelist, “Mentoring: Defining It, Acquiring It, and Assuring Equal Opportunities for Women in All Fields” Harvard University, November 3, 2005
Panelist, “Preparing for Academic Job Interviews” MIT, February 17, 2006
Speaker, “The Interview” Path of Professorship Workshop (annual), MIT, 2006-2022
Panelist, “Surviving Your First Year as an Assistant Professor” MIT, July 18, 2007
Speaker “Communication in Science” MIT Summer Research Program, June 23, 2009
Technology Table demonstrator at “Inspiring Minds: Meet Women in Science” Museum of Science, Boston, MA, May 1, 2010 and April 29, 2011
Discussion Leader, Bioorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Andover, NH, June 13-18, 2010
Careers panel, Macalester College (St. Paul, MN), October 8, 2010; special guest for student research day/parents weekend
Speaker “Managing Graduate Students” Future Faculty Workshop, NU ADVANCE program, July 27, 2011
American Chemical Society, Postdoc to Faculty Workshop, application reviewer, panelist, mock interview instructor, Philadelphia, PA, August 17-18, 2012; Boston, MA, August 14-15, 2015
American Chemical Society Chemical Toxicology Division Young Investigator Symposium organizer and session chair, 2012
Invited contributor to EcoliWiki community resource, beginning April 2010
Planning Committee, Cottrell Scholar Conferences, 2013, 2014, 2015; Chair 2016
Facilitator at the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative New Faculty Workshop, held at American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 2013-2019
Mentor, AWIS Mentoring Circle program, 2013-2020
American Chemical Society national awards committee, 2014, 2016
“Mentoring Undergraduate Students” presentation and CV reviewer at Teaching at Teaching Intensive Institutions, Marlborough, MA Oct 3, 2014
Elected ACS Councilor representing TOXI division, three-year terms 2015-present
ACS TOXI division executive committee, 2015-present
“Ethics in Publishing” presentation for 2015 Northeastern Student Chemistry Career Symposium, at Tufts University, April 19, 2015
“Educator’s Luncheon – Using Primary Literature in the Classroom to Teach Foundational Concepts of Protein Science” workshop leader, The 29th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society, Barcelona, Spain, July 22-25, 2015
Organizing committee, Graham Walker Laboratory 40th anniversary symposium and party, June 24-26, 2016
Scientific Advisory Committee/Cottrell Scholar Selection Committee, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2015-2021
Guest editor, Chemical Research in Toxicology special issue on DNA polymerases, 2017
Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs, American Chemical Society, 2018-2024
TOXI program committee, 2018, 2019 ACS National Meetings; Chair 2020-2021 ACS National Meetings
Panelist, “Academic Interview Panel: Navigating the interview – Chalk talk and beyond” Boston Postdoctoral Association, Broad Institute, November 19, 2018
Organizing committee and facilitator, COMPASS Career and Occupational Mentoring for the Professional Advancement of Science Students, held at the American Center for Physics, April 25-27, 2019, online in May 2021 and May 2023
Proposal reviewer for: Agence Nationale de la Recherche/ French National Research Agency, GACR Czech Science Foundation, Graduate Women in Science Fellowships Program, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Research Council of Romania (CNCS), Nebraska EPSCoR program, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Wellcome Trust
Anonymous referee for manuscripts submitted to: Bentham Science Publishers, Biochemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, BMC Microbiology, BMC Structural Biology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Cell Cycle, Chemical Research in Toxicology, DNA Repair, EcoSal (www.ecosal.org, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology), Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Garland Science (book proposal), Genetics, International Journal of Radiation Biology, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Biophysics, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling, Journal of Nucleic Acids, Journal of Structural Biology, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Molecular BioSystems, Molecular Microbiology, Nature, Nature Methods, Nucleic Acids Research, Oxford University Press (book proposals) PLoS Genetics, PLoS One, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, Radiation Research, Scientific Reports, University of Chicago Press, Wiley (book proposal)
Service to Northeastern University
Biochemistry Steering Committee, 2006-2009, 2015-2017; Proposed BS Biochemistry/MS Chemistry PlusOne program
Biochemistry Majors Advisor, 2006-2008
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology search committee, 2006-2007
Graduate Recruiting and Admissions Committee, 2006-2008, 2017-2018
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology search committee, 2007-2008
Graduate Student Seminar Committee (grader), 2007-2008
Biochemistry Club co-advisor, 2007-2017 (awarded Outstanding Chapter Award from ASBMB in 2013, 2016)
Viola Awards Committee, Feb 2008
Radiation Safety Committee, 2008-present; Chair 2020-present
Chemistry Undergraduate Advisor, Biochemistry track, 2008-2014
Dissertation Fellowship reviewer, 2010
“Hitting the Ground Running” panelist, ADVANCE program, Sept 15, 2010
“Using clickers to increase participation in large lecture classes” CIETL workshop presented with Prof. Tom Gilbert, Dec 3, 2010
Outstanding Graduate Student Award reviewer, 2011
Panelist, NSF CAREER Proposal Workshop, June 7, 2011 and May 14, 2013
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Materials search committee, 2011-2012
“Managing Graduate Students” panelist, ADVANCE program, 2011 and 2012
CV reviewer for ADVANCE Future Faculty workshop, February 2012 and Oct 7, 2013, Apr 25, 2014
Panelist, “Establishing a Research Program and Managing Graduate Students” ADVANCE Future Faculty workshop, March 2, 2012
Commencement Marshall, graduate ceremony, May 4, 2012, May 2, 2014
Panelist, “Balancing Personal and Professional Life” ADVANCE Future Faculty workshop, June 21, 2012
Chemistry and Chemical Biology Merit Review Committee, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Resume reviewer for NEU-GWISE Resume/CV “speed dating” event, March 19, 2013, March 31, 2014, April 8, 2015
Panelist for NSF grants workshop, Oct 18, 2013
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Computational Chemistry search committee, 2013-2014
Bioengineering undergraduate curriculum committee, Spring 2014
“Presentations” for REU program, July 21, 2014
GWISE Graduate Women in Science and Engineering advisory board, 2014-2015; faculty co-advisor, 2015-present
Goldwater Scholarship Committee, Nov 2013 (NU awarded three Scholarships), Nov 2014 (NU awarded one scholarship, three honorable mentions), Dec 2016 (Northeastern awarded two scholarships and two honorable mentions)
Chair, Ad Hoc Academic Appeal Resolution Committee, January 2015
Search Committee, Analytical Chemist, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 2015-2016
“Establishing a Research Program” presented with Rebecca Carrier for ADVANCE, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Executive Committee, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, elected member, 2016-2018
Resume reviewer for NEU-GWISE Resume/CV “lightning round” event, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Speaker for Colleges Against Cancer, April 7, 2016
Chair, Search Committee for Department Chair, 2016
Represented Northeastern with Jan Rinehart at First two Regional SEA (STEM Equity Achievement) meetings, 2017 and 2018
Speaker, Insight Lectures, Biotech Futures Day, NU and MassBioEd, March 9, 2017
Organizing Committee, Future Faculty Workshop for Women in STEM, with NU-ADVANCE, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
CATLR Department Liaison, 2017-2019
Service to MIT
MIT Research Practice workshop series, Facilitator, 2002-2005
Biology Department Postdoc Association, 2003-2005
Travel Award to serve as Representative to National Postdoctoral Association inaugural meeting, March 2003, Berkeley, CA, and annual meeting, April 2004, Washington, D.C.
Postdoctoral Scholars at MIT, advisory council, 2003-2006
Post-doc representative to the Corporation Visiting Committee for the Vice President for Research at MIT, Oct 2003
Post-doc representative to Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Biology, MIT, Mar 2005
Service to University of Minnesota
Chemistry WISE Team, University of Minnesota, 1995-2000
Summer Research Camp for Girls, participating host, 1995-1999
Chemistry Student-Run Seminar Series, 1996-1998
Council of Graduate Students, University of Minnesota, 1996-1999; Chemistry Department Representative, 1996-1998; Executive Committee, 1997-1999; Vice President for External Relations, 1998-1999; Professional Development Committee, Chair, 1999-2000; Physical Sciences Policy and Review Council, 1996-1999 (Student Chair, 1997-1998; Ethics Training subcommittee, 1998)
Graduate School as an Option, I.T. Program for Women, 1997
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) student group; founding member and treasurer, 1997-2000; planned “Survival Skills for a Successful Scientific Career” conference, November 14, 1998
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (consortium of 15 campuses, including Big 10 schools)-Women in Science and Engineering Student Leadership Conference, Nov 1997, 1998; Oct 1999
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Steering Committee, 1998-2001
Encouraging Girls in Science conference planning committee 1998-2001
WISE House Residential Program, advisor 1999-2001
University of Minnesota graduate student representative at the Science Coalition Signature Event (Lobby Day), Washington, D.C., Sept 21-22, 1999
Office for University Women, University of Minnesota, search committee for Director, 1999-2000, Advisory Committee, 2000-2001
Professional Development
Regular participant, Northeastern University Faculty Mentoring Program
Association for Women in Science Mentoring Program, 2008-2009
Attended NSF Joint Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 2009
Core Concepts and Skill Sets for the Biochemical Workplace, ASBMB workshop, Northeastern University, March 10, 2012
ReDI program participant, ADVANCE, Fall 2012-2013
Mentor Training, ADVANCE, Summer 2016
Academic Leadership Training workshop, American Chemical Society, February 26-28, 2017
Professional Memberships
American Chemical Society, since 1994
Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science, since 1996
American Association for the Advancement of Science, since 1999
Association for Women in Science, since 2000
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, since 2006
Biophysical Society, since 2007
Protein Society, since 2010
Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society, since 2012