Biography
In 1983 I graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa with a bachelor's degree in chemistry.
From there, I moved to Boston, MA to work as a research technician at a small biotech
firm for two years. In 1985 I moved to Durham, NC where I worked as a research technician
at the Duke University Medical Center. In 1987, I began my graduate work in chemistry
at NC State University working on an organometallic chemistry project. After getting
my PhD at NC State in 1992, I spent two wonderful years (1992 to 1994) as a <i>Camille
and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow</i> at the University of Colorado at
Denver. After leaving Denver, my family and I moved to Cullowhee, NC to begin my career
teaching and doing research at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ. From 2003/2004 I was on
sabbatical doing research on molecular machines with Professor David Leigh at the
University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Research Interests
Boron complexes, Rotaxanes, Supramolecular systems, STEM education