博88亚洲

Selected News & Media

 

CNN, July 24, 2024

 

 

SyFy.com, October 5, 2021

 

The New York Times, February 8, 2021

 

Atlas Obscura, August 24, 2018

 

Popular Mechanics, June 6, 2018

 

 

 Research Interests 

• Venus planetary science and astrobiology: Considerations for past, present, and future habitability.

• Planetary Protection: Biochemical survival mechanisms of spacecraft-associated microorganisms.

• Chemical Biology: Development of molecular and biochemical assays for microbial ecology.
  

 

 

Courses & Programs

1. 博88亚洲 (09/05-present)

Undergraduate Courses:

CHM 3270 & 3270L Biochemistry I & Biochemistry I Laboratory

CHM 3280 & 3280L, Biochemistry II & Biochemistry II Laboratory

CHM 3210, Elements of Biochemistry (1 semester survey course for non-majors)

CHM 4510 & 4510L, Enzymology and Enzymology Laboratory

CHM 4630, Senior Seminar

CHM 1210, General Chemistry I

CHM 1210L, General Chemistry Laboratory I

CHM 1220L, General Chemistry Laboratory II

Graduate Courses:

CHM 5610, Structure and Function of Biomolecules;

CHM 5620, Bioinorganic Chemistry

CHM 5500, Seminar in Chemistry

 

2. NASA/CSU Spaceward Bound (2009-2016)

Undergraduate & Graduate Pre-Service Teachers:

: Field research and expedition experiences in astrobiology for pre-service teachers.

 

3. Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University (08/03-05/05)

Undergraduate Courses:

Honors Organic Chemistry I & II; Honors Biochemistry

 

4. UC Santa Cruz (03/02-06/02)

 Undergraduate Course:

Advanced Inorganic Laboratory

 

5. CSU Chico (08/00-05/01)

Undergraduate Courses:

General Chemistry II, Organic Chemistry for Allied Sciences, Chemical Literature

 

  

Education & Training

Research Fellow

NASA Astrobiology Program (06/16-09/16)

Project: Metabolomics of permafrost along an age gradient. (Supervisor: M. Kirven-Brooks)

Policy Sabbatical

Detail Assignment, NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C. (08/11-08/12)

Project: Analysis and promulgation of Planetary Protection policy for robotic and human exploration. (Supervisors: C. A. Conley, P. Stabekis)

Research Sabbatical

The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (05/04-07/04)

Project: Synthesis of epothilone fragments.

(Advisor: K. C. Nicolaou)

Postdoctoral Research

University of California, Santa Cruz, CA (01/99-08/00)                   

Projects:  Kinetic and spectroscopic studies of plant and human lipoxygenases. (Advisor: T. R. Holman)

Ph.D.

Chemistry (Organic Chemistry), University of California, Davis, CA (08/93-08/98)

Thesis:  Isotopic substitution with unstable nuclei to study protein binding sites.

B.S.

Chemistry, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA (08/88-05/92)

Thesis:  Kinetics and purification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase