I obtained my Ph.D. at the University of Iowa, performed pancreatic cancer research at Mayo Clinic for five years as a postdoctoral fellow, and joined the Dordt Biology Department in 2012.
In addition to performing research on cancer metastasis and intracellular vesicle trafficking with undergraduate students, I serve on the Dordt research committee, I sit on the institutional biosafety committee at Exemplar Genetics, I advise the pre-health professions biology majors, and I teach the following courses:
· Bio 122 Zoology
· Bio 125 Cell and Molecular Biology I
· Bio 201/202 Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II
· Bio 213 Genetics
· Bio 214 Genetics Lab
· Bio 302 Microbiology
· Bio 335 Cell Biology II
· Bio 358 Introduction to Biological Research
· Bio 380 Directed Senior Research