Education
- Ph.D., Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
Thesis: "Characterization of thiamine-pyrophosphate synthesis independent of the PurF enzyme (phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase) in Salmonella typhimurium." - B.S., Microbiology (Chemistry minor), summa cum laude, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1992