UCSF, Ph.D. 2007
Pomona College, B.A., Chemistry, 2001

Predoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association, 2005-2007

Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women, University of California, San Francisco, 2004

Ace Volunteer Awards, Science and Health Education Partnership, 2002 & 2003

Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2002-2005

Graduate Dean Anthony Research Fellowship, University of California, 2001-2002

Brackett Prize in Chemistry, Pomona College, 2001

KCNQ channel assembly and modulation

Structure and function of coiled-coil domains

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Blackwell, H. E., Sadowsky, J. D., Howard, R. J., Samspon, J. N., Chao, J. A., Steinmetz, W. E., O'Leary, D. J. and Grubbs, R. H., Ring-closing metathesis of olefinic peptides: design, synthesis, and structural characterization of macrocyclic helical peptides. J. Org. Chem. 66 5291-5302 (2001)