- Native of Detroit
- Graduated from Oberlin College in 1986
- Ph.D. from Cornell 1991
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Heidelberg, 1991
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard 1992-1994
- Began at Johns Hopkins University in 1994
- Promoted to Professor in 2002

Awards

- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
- Merck Faculty Development Award
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar
- DuPont ATE Grant
- American Cancer Society New Faculty Grantee
- NSF Career Award
- Eli Lilly Young Faculty Grantee
- NIH First Award

Community Service

- Editor, Tetrahedron Reports for the Americas 2008-2011
- Member NIH SBCA Study Section 2008-2012
- Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, JHU Chemistry