Funded Grants

  • 2009 Fulbright Scholarship for Research
  • 2005-2008 NIH AREA $211,457 "Involvement of a K+ channel in C. elegans male behavior
  • 2000-2001 NSF POWRE; $66,676 "Myosin heads and muscle assembly in C. elegans"
  • 1999-2001 NIH AREA $108,242 "Suppressors of paralysis in C. elegans"
  • 1996 NSF ARI grant, $61,064 "Computer Imaging System for Research", Co-PI. Primary PI, Dr. Nancy Wall.
  • 1993-1997 NIH AREA $113,000 "Mutagenesis of C. elegans using N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea"
  • 1993-1999 NSF RUI : $406,000 "The Role of Myosin Heads in Muscle Assembly"
  • 1990 Robert G. Sampson Neuromuscular Disease Fellowship Muscular Dystrophy Association
  • 1990 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship American Cancer Society--Declined
  • 1990 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship National Institutes of Health--Declined
  • 1989 NIH Postdoctoral Training Grant University of Wisconsin-Madison

Awards

  • 1996 Excellent Young Teacher Award, Lawrence University
  • 1994 Award for Excellence in Teaching Freshman Studies
  • 1994 Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering
  • 1988 Barry J.Rosen Memorial Award in Molecular Biology for Doctoral Dissertation of Outstanding Merit, Brown University.
  • 1988 Cash Award, Research Competition, American Society of Microbiology
  • 1983 University Fellowship, Brown University
  • 1983 Phi Sigma Award in Biology, Lawrence University