NRC Postdoctoral Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology- Gaithersburg, Maryland, September 1995 – December 1996
Advisor: Dr. Michele Schantz, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division
Research:  Metals speciation in environmental samples

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts- Amherst, Massachusetts, February 1996
Concentration:  Analytical Chemistry    
Advisor:  Dr. Peter C. Uden    
Thesis:  Mercury Speciation in Biological Marine Materials by Gas Chromatography with Atomic Emission Detection

M.S., University of Massachusetts- Amherst, Massachusetts,  May 1994
Concentration: Analytical Chemistry     
Advisor:  Dr. Peter C. Uden    

B.S., Bucknell University- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, June 1991
Major:  Chemistry                                
Minor: Education