Employment and Education History

July 2007 - Present

Assistant Professor, Director of Microscopy and Imaging, Biology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA

Jan 2004 - June 2007

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Baskin Laboratory, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
- Studying arabidopsis mutants to investigate cortical microtubule organization and mitosis in plants.

June-Nov 2003

Associate lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia
Co-ordinator, Human Biology 1 (advanced)

March-Dec 2003

Web developer, Science Faculty, University of Sydney, Australia

Feb 2000 - Mar 2003

PhD, Robyn Overall laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia.

Thesis title: "The relationship between intercellular communication and microtubule organisation in plants"

Awarded Jabez King Prize for best thesis in biology

Feb 1998-Feb 2000

Science writer, illustrator and web developer for Sydney IVF fertility clinic, Sydney, Australia

1994-1997

Bachelor of Science (Hons Class 1), University of Sydney, Australia

1993

Courses in Art and Italian, Lorenzo de Medici School of Art, Florence, Italy