My entry into microbial evolution started under the mentorship of Dr. Lin Chao (UCSD) and Dr. Paul E. Turner (Yale), following my doctoral research on cooperatively breeding tamarin monkeys in Panama. I conducted postdoctoral research on the spatial dynamics of bacteria and viruses on leaf surfaces with Dr. Steven E. Lindow and Dr. Ellen Simms at UC Berkeley. I am currently studying social interactions, evolution, and ecology of phage as a Faculty Fellow at NYU's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology.

Grants and Awards

• UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship 2013-2014, University of California, Berkeley
• NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology 2010-2013, University of California, San Diego
• National Academies Ford Predoctoral Fellowship 2004-2009, University of California, Berkeley
• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant 2006, University of California, Berkeley