Other Appointments

• Faculty Member (Affiliate), Department of Global Health, University of Washington
• Faculty Member (Affiliate), Department of Immunology, University of Washington
• Faculty Member, Interdisciplinary Program in Pathobiology, University of Washington

Education

• University of Minnesota, 2004, PhD (Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology)
• University of Salzburg, 1999, MSc (Genetics)

Research Interests and Current Projects

• Studying and manipulating CD8 T cells and NK cells for therapeutic purposes
• Mechanisms driving differentiation of naive T cells into memory T cells
• Bystander activation of memory CD8 T cells
• MAIT cell responses in mucosal barrier sites

PI Honors and Awards 

• NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
• NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2)
• FHCRC President's Young Investigator Award