- Harvard University (A.B.) with Greg Verdine
- Stanford University (Ph.D.) with Barry Trost
- UC–Berkeley Miller Fellow (Postdoc) with Jean Fréchet
- 2006 – Asst./Assoc./Full Professor, Rice University
- Research Interests: Catalytic methods for manipulation of proteins and peptides, metallodrugs, bioconjugation methods, biomaterials synthesis