EDUCATION

Stanford University
M.D., 2001
Ph.D. in Biophysics, 1999

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. with Highest Honors in Mathematics, 1994
B.A. in Chemistry, 1994

RESEARCH POSITIONS

Princeton University
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative
  Genomics, 2004–
Associated Faculty, Dept. of Molecular Biology, 2005–
- Comprehensive studies of cellular metabolism

Alexza Pharmaceuticals
Co-founder and Vice President, Research, 2000–2004
- Accelerating onset of drug action through thermally generated aerosols

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Kavli Frontiers of Science Scholar, Kavli Foundation and National Academy of Sciences, 2008

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2007–

Beckman Young Investigator Award, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, 2005–

Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Trainee, National Institutes of Health, 1994–2001

Churchill Fellow (Declined), 1994

Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Federal Excellence in Education Foundation, U.S. Federal Government, 1993–1994

President, Phi Beta Kappa, University of North Carolina, 1993–1994

Herbert Worth Jackson Scholar, University of North Carolina Honors Program, 1990–1994

PUBLICATIONS

See publications tab.

RECENT INVITED TALKS AT UNIVERSITIES

National Institutes of Health, Cancer Cell Metabolism Workshop (2009)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Kidney Cancer Program 
   (Keynote Speaker) (2009)
University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Diabetes,
   Obesity & Metabolism (2009)
University of Tennessee, Department of Chemistry (2009)
Vanderbilt University, Institute of Chemical Biology (2009)
Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering (2008)
University of California-Berkeley, Department of Microbiology (2008)
Harvard University, Medical School, Department of Cell Biology (2008)
University of California-San Diego, Department of Bioengineering (2008)
Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Systems Biology (2008)
University of Pennsylvania, Medical School, Cancer and Diabetes Metabolism
   Seminar (2008)
Scripps Research Institute, Center for Mass Spectrometry (2008)
Harvard University, FAS Center for Systems Biology (2008)

INVENTORSHIP

Inventor of 69 patents issued by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Inventor of five drug products in FDA-sanctioned clinical testing.
- The most advanced product treats acute agitation in bipolar and
   schizophrenic patients.  It has successfully completed two phase 3
   clinical trials and will be submitted for FDA approval shortly.
- The other products (several of which are in Phase II trials) treat migraine
   headache, panic attacks, insomnia, and cancer pain.

ACTIVE GRANTS
 

Co-Investigator, Stand Up 2 Cancer (SU2C), 8/2009–7/2012
Identifying and Treating Glutamine-dependent Pancreatic Cancer

Principal Investigator, NSF Award (funded jointly by AFOSR and DOE), 4/2009–3/2012
Integration of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen metabolism in Escherichia coli

Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health R21 Grant, 4/2008–3/2010
Mass Spectrometry Methods for Probing Metabolic Dynamics in Normal and Cancer Cells

Principal Investigator, Department of Energy Grant, 6/2007–5/2010
Quantitative Tools for Dissection of Hydrogen-Producing Metabolic Networks

Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health R01 Grant, 9/2007–8/2011
Metabolomics of the Virus-Host Cell Interaction

Principal Investigator, NSF CAREER Grant, 4/2007–3/2012
CAREER: Quantitative Principles Governing the Cellular Metabolic Network

Principal Investigator, American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant, 7/2006–6/2010
Quantitative Dynamics of Cellular Metabolic Regulation

Participant, National Institutes of Health Center Grant, 9/2004–8/2014
Center for Quantitative Biology

TEACHING

Undergraduate: A Quantitative, Integrative Introduction to the Sciences,
Parts V and VI (with D. Botstein, L. Kruglyak, and E. Weischaus)
A uniquely mathematics-intensive introduction to genetics, physiology, and organic and biological chemistry for college sophomores

Graduate: Biophysical Chemistry I and II
A quantitatively rigorous treatment of biological chemistry for first year science graduate students