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Education

  Harvard University Biology PhD, 2002
  Yale University Mathematics BA, 1995

 
 

Academic Positions

  2003-present Assistant Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara
  2002-2003 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Astrobiology Institute, UCLA
  2002 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University
  1999-2001 Research Assistant, NASA Exobiology Program
  1995, 1997, 2000, 2001 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

 
 

Fellowships and Honors

  Faculty of the Year, 2008-2009, voted by UCSB Earth Science graduate students
  Faculty of the Year, 2005-2006, voted by UCSB Earth Science graduate students
  Professor of the Year, 2005-2006, voted by UCSB Earth Science majors
  Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 1995, 2000, 2001
  NSF Graduate Student Fellowship, 1996-1999
  Rhodes Scholar Regional Finalist, 1995
  Magna cum laude, Yale College, 1995
  Anthony D. Stanley Prize for Excellence in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Yale College, 1995
  US Rowing Academic All-American, 1995
  Francis Gordon Brown '01 Yale College Prize, 1994
  Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1994
  Bates Fellowship, Yale College, 1994

 
 

 
 
 

Other Interests

  Rock climbing, mountain biking, rowing, running, swimming, but mostly playing with my four-year old son.

 
 
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