Professor
Jan. 2002-
Harvard Medical School
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Member, Harvard Center for Cancer Research
Tutor in Biochemical Sciences
March 1994-
Harvard College Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences
Associate Professor
Oct. 1997-Dec. 2001
Harvard Medical School
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Assistant Professor
March 1994-Sept. 1997
Harvard Medical School
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Whitehead Institute Fellow
April 1990-June 1994
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Genetics
April 1990-June 1990
Harvard Medical School
Department of Genetics
Lab head: Fred Winston
Project: Genetic analysis of SPT15 (TFIID)
Ph.D.
Sept. 1984-March 1990
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Biology
Advisor: Phillip A. Sharp
Thesis: Transcription Initiation by RNA Polymerase II
Summer Internship
Summer 1984
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Laboratory of Molecular Virology
A.B., Summa cum laude
1980-1984
Princeton University
Department of Biochemical Sciences
Honors
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
2012
Stohlman Scholar Award of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
2004
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar Award
1999-2004
Harvard Medical School Biological and Biomedical Sciences (PhD program) Teaching Award
1998
American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award
1996-1999
Pew Scholar Award
1995-1999
Whitehead Institute Fellowship
1990-1994
Sigma Xi - Full Member
1990-
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
1984-1987
Sigma Xi - Associate Member
1984-1990
Phi Beta Kappa
1984
Professional Activities
Professional Society Memberships:
Genetics Society of America, RNA Society, American Society for Microbiology, American Academy for the Advancement of Science
Editorial Activities:
Associate Editor for Molecular Cell (1998- ); Editorial Board for Molecular and Cellular Biology (2003-2008, 2010- ); Board of Reviewing Editors for Science (2004 -2009); and Editorial Board for Genes to Cells (1999- 2000 )