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Faculty Fellow, Rice University,
2002- present
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Postdoctoral Fellow Rice
University,
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NSF Bioinformatics 2000-02
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Center for Computational
Biology 1998-2000
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Ph.D. University of Houston,
Biology, 12/1997
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B.S. University of Central
Arkansas, 1975
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Research
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- Bioinformatics Symposium & Workshop,
Guadalajara, Mexcio, Speaker, 10/2003
- Gordon Research Conference, Origin of Life,
Vice Chair/Chair Elect, 2004-2006
- Penn State Astrobiology Research Center,
Associate Member, 2003 – present
- Keck Center for Computational Biology, Faculty/Mentor
1999 – present
- NSF Panel Member, 2003-2004
- National Research Council COEL Panelist,
2003-2006
- GRC Origin of Life, session chair, Bates
College, 7/2003
- ISSOL Round Table Discussion Chair, ISSOL,
Oaxaca, Mexico, 6/2002
- GSA/GSL International Conference, Session
Chair, 6/2001
- Instructor - ESMTB School, Biology and Mathematics
of Cells, Siquenza, Spain, 6/2001
- NSF ISSOL Regional Representative, 2000-2002
- Discussion leader, GRC Origin of Life 2000,
7/ 2000
- Guest Lecturer and Organizer, Workshop on
Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetic Analysis, University of Mexico,
Mexico City, 1997
- Teaching Assistant -Summer Workshop on Molecular
Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratories, 1995, '96, '98
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Professsional
Memberships
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- American Society for Microbiology
- American Geophysical Union
- Sigma Xi
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- NASA Education and Public Outreach Grant,
$15K, Astrobiologycourse offering in Spring at Rice, 2004
- ISSOL '99 Travel Grant Award Recipient 6/1999
- PostDoctoral Travel Award, Keystone Symposia,
A2 Conference. Taos, NM 1/1999
- NASA/LPI/USRA Scientist-Teacher Cooperation
Grant, 12/1998
- Graduate Student Challenge, lst place winner,
1996, 1997
- Outstanding Graduate Student -Univ. of Houston
Natural Science & Mathematics Alumni Association, 1996
- ASM Travel Awards, 1993, 1994, 1995
- Ruth Satter Memorial Citation of Merit, 1994
Association for Women in Science
- Beohering Ingelheim Fonds Short Term Fellowship
for study at the Gesellschaft fur Biotechnologische Forschung, 1994
- ACT scholarship, undergraduate 4 yrs
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