Education
Duke University, Durham NC
Ph.D Canidate in Biochemistry
Advisor: Kenneth Kreuzer
Attended 2004-Present
Saint Anselm College, Manchester NH
BA, Biochemistry
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Attended 2000-2004
Teaching Experience
Teacher's Assistant, General Biochemistry 227
Assisted Professors Greenleaf, Hsieh, and Rudolph in teaching BCH 227
Duties included running a weekly help session, answering student questions, producing exam review sheets, and grading homework assignments and exams.
Fall 2005
Tutor, Duke University
Served as a peer tutor to work one-on-one to work with students who needed additional help in their classes.
Tutored General Biochemistry.
Peer Tutor, Saint Anselm College
Served as a peer tutor to work one-on-one to work with students who needed additional help in their classes.
Tutored in General Biology, General Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.
Research Experience
Graduate Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Kenneth Kreuzer, Duke University
Studying the effect of site-specific DNA lesions on the behavior of the replication fork.
2006-Present
Graduate Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Johannes Rudolph, Duke University
Studied protein-protein interactions and the importance of those specific interactions in binding and enzyme catalysis.
Left the lab when Dr. Rudolph did not get tenure at Duke and moved to a job in Colorado.
2005-2006
Research Internship, Laboratory of Dr. Scott Morrical, University of Vermont
Worked to establish a new cloning/protein expression system for the lab.
Summer 2003
Research Internship, Laboratory of Dr. Christopher Francklyn, University of Vermont
Participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program.
Studied the effect of active-site mutations on catalysis in threonyl-tRNA synthetase.
Summer 2002
Publications
Bovee ML, Pierce MA, Francklyn CS. Induced fit and kinetic mechanism of adenylation catalyzed by Escherichia coli threonyl-tRNA synthetase.
Biochemistry. 2003 Dec 30;42(51):15102-13.