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TEACHING: Adjunct Professor
School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
• Food Facts, Fads and Pharmacology, Biochemistry 160.01, 1 unit, 2004-present
Created a new course surveying the literature on popular nutrition topics (fad diets, low-cal sweeteners, etc).
School of Medicine, Stanford University
• Food Facts, Fads and Pharmacology, Interdisciplinary Medicine 225, 1 unit, 2007-present
The same course I teach in the UCSF School of Medicine.
Department of Athletics, Stanford University
• Analysis of Human Movement, Athletics 187, 4 units, 2004-present
Re-designed a course describing the anatomy, molecular and cellular biology associated with human movement.
• Sports Nutrition with Clinical Applications, Athletics 199, 2 units, 2005-present
Created a new course in which students discuss the literature on nutrition topics of interest to them.
Advances in, and the limitations of, research and our understanding of nutrition is discussed.
• Introduction to Nutrition, Athletics 190, 1 unit, 2007-present
The nutrition component of what was previously Athletics 74 (see below).
• Introduction to Nutrition and Exercise, Athletics 74, 2 units, 2003-2006
Created a new course describing the theory and application of nutrition and exercise based on a survey of the literature.
• Annual guest lecturer in Human Biology courses, 2002-present
HumBio 120, Human Nutrition (Prof. Christopher Gardner), lectures on sports nutrition and correlations to health.
HumBio 155, Exercise Physiology (Prof. Anne Friedlander), lectures on nutrition and exercise biochemistry.
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RESEARCH
University of California, San Francisco
Laboratory of Professor Roger Cooke
Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2006-present
Post-doctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Institute, 2002-2006
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle activation and metabolism
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NON-PROFIT WORK
Sports Medicine Institute (a Public Benefit Nonprofit Corporation), Palo Alto, CA, 2003-present
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EDUCATION
Stanford University, Department of Chemistry, 1996-2002
Nerve signaling and the impact of omega-3 fats
Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, AZ, 1993-1996
American Chemical Society Certified Bachelors of Science in Chemistry
United States Naval Schools
Naval Radiological Controls Supervisor School, Charleston, SC, 1992
Nuclear Power Training Unit, Idaho Falls, ID, 1998-1989
Naval Nuclear Power School, Orlando, Fl, 1987-1988
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UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE
United States Navy, USS Carl Vinson Aircraft Carrier, Alameda, CA, 1987-1993
Supervisor of Reactor Laboratories, in charge of all chemistry and radiological controls Chief Reactor Watch, in charge of mechanical watch stations in the reactor plant Nuclear Quality Assurance Supervisor