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