PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1990 - 1993  Research Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1993 - 1995  Intramural Research Training Award Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergy Infectious Diseases, Rocky  Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 1996 - 2002  Lecturer (tenured), Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences,  University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand 2002 - 2004  Senior Research Scientist, School of Molecular Biosciences,     Washington State University, Pullman, WA 2004 – present Senior Research Scientist (Head, Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Clinical Trials and Military Studies Program) MEMBERSHIPS : American Society for Microbiology  New Zealand Society of Microbiology