WHAT |
WHEN |
ABOUT |
| B.S. Physics, U.C. Berkeley | 1984-1989 | Because physics is really cool. |
| Engineer, IBM Corp. New York | 1989-1991 | I researched laser ablation technologies for chip manufacturing. |
| Ph.D. Biophysics, U.C. Davis | 1991-1997 | I started off in the Physics program, but then met a graduate student who was working at the synchrotron. I was sucked into the world of synchrotron biosciences and never looked back. PhD Advisor: Stephen P. Cramer. |
| Post-doctorate, Einstein College, New York | 1997-2001 | Using the NSLS synchrotron to study RNA folding and helping further develop X-ray Hydroxyl Radical Footprinting. Post-Doc Advisor: Mark R. Chance |
| Took some time off to write. | 2001 | Everyone should be so lucky. I also attended the Clarion writing workshop. |
| Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 2001-present | I managed the Howard Hughes crystallography beamlines, and was Operations Manager for the Berkeley Center for Structural Biology. |
| Head, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology | 2012-present | We manage five state-of-the-art crystallography beamlines and outstanding service for crystallographers around the world. I am proud to be leading this organization. |
| WHAT ELSE? | ||
| Volunteer Mentor for Technovation Challenge | This is a great program for high-school girls, teaching them that they can be entrepreneurs and leaders in technology. | |
| Editor-at-Large, The Internet Review of Science Fiction | Did this for a few years, but unfortunately IROSF is now gone | |
| Managing Director, Speculative Literature Foundation | The SLF helps writers of SF/F, mostly by giving grants | |
| Second Draft, a Bay Area writing critique group | If you write speculative fiction, you live in the Bay Area, and are looking for a writing group, contact me. | |
| Cuong Nhu | I'm a black belt! | |