BS from Western Washington University 2006 - Studied organic under Pavia, Lampman and Kriz. Studied inorganic research under Dean Mark Wicholas.

Ph.D/M.S from University of Washington 2012. Studied biomimetic analogues for metalloenzymes involving thiolates and superoxide with Julie Kovacs.

2014-Present: Instructor for General, Organic, Allied health chemistry courses.