Education
Texas A&M University, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2009
Centre College, B.S., Chemistry, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, cum laude, 2002

Professional Experience
Patent Agent, Medlen & Carroll, LLP, February 2013 - Present
Technology Specialist, Medlen & Carroll, LLP, 2008 - February 2013
Oral Presentation, 63st ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Lubbock, TX, November 2007
Poster Presentation, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006
Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry, 2002 - 2008
Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry, 2003 - 2008

Concentration
Biotechnology Patent Prosecution

Representative Publications
"Aminoacetone as the penultimate precursor to the DNA crosslinker azinomycin A," Manuscript submitted.

"Exploration of the molecular origin of the azinomycin epoxide: Timing of the biosynthesis revealed," Organic Letters, 10, 4815-4818. (2008).

"An improved method for culturing Streptomyces sahachiroi: biosynthetic origin to the enol fragment of azinomycin B firmly established," Bioorganic Chemistry, 36, 4-15. (2008).

"Cellular effects induced by the antitumor agent azinomycin B," Chemistry and Biology, 5, 485-92. (2006).

"In vitro biosynthesis of the antitumor agent azinomycin B," Organic Letters, 6, 1065-8. (2006).

Affiliations
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry Honor Society

Admitted
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2013