| Institution | Year | Degree Obtained |
| Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada | 1988 | Ph.D., Biology |
| Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Canada | 1984 | M.S., Biology |
| University of Redlands, Redlands, CA | 1981 | B.S., Biology |
| 2002-present | Co-Director, Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire |
| Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of New Hampshire | 1999-2001 | Associate Professor, Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| 1993-1999 | Assistant Professor, Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| 1991-1993 | Research Biochemist and Lecturer, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Berkeley |
| 1988-1991 | Postdoctoral Fellow with Allan C. Wilson, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Berkeley |