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Education Harvard University, Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (May 2012) Dissertation: Bistability in Pseudomonas aeruginosa University of Iowa B.S., Microbiology with Honors and Computer Science (May 2006) Research Experience The University of Texas at Austin Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-present) Advisor: Marvin Whiteley Project: Fitness determinants of P. aeruginosa for growth in disease conditions Investigating the genetic requirements for P. aeruginosa growth in CF lung secretions Map the conditionally essential genome for burn wound infection and systemic invasion Project: Mapping all synthetic genetic interactions in a bacterium using second-generation sequencing Harvard University Ph.D. Student (2006-2012) Advisor: Simon L. Dove Project: An epigenetic switch that controls virulence gene expression in P. aeruginosa Characterized the bistable BexR regulon in P. aeruginosa Determined a requirement for positive feedback in bistable expression of bexR and the bexR regulon Project: Control of cupA fimbrial gene expression in P. aeruginosa by the LysR-type transcription regulator MexT Discovered a role for PrrA, an unannotated sRNA encoded downstream of the MexT-regulated mexEFoprN antibiotic efflux pump genes, in bistable cupA gene expression Generated evidence suggesting that PrrA negatively regulates the H-NS-like protein MvaU Project: Inducible protein degradation in P. aeruginosa Adapted a targeted protein depletion system for use in P. aeruginosa and demonstrated its utility in determining the co-essentiality of the H-NS-like proteins MvaT and MvaU University of Iowa Research Assistant (2002-2006) Advisor: Michael A. Apicella Project: Biochemistry of sialic acid transport in Haemophilus influenzae Purified the sialic acid transport protein SiaP and characterized its sugar-binding biochemistry Technical Skills Teaching Skills Awards and Honors Peer-Reviewed Publications Google Scholar profile References Available on request