| Ph.D., 2001 | Physics, Stanford University Advisor: Eva Silverstein Thesis: Topological String Theory and Enumerative Geometry |
| B.S., 1997 | Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| B.S., 1996 | Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advisors: Daniel Z. Freedman and Alan H. Guth Thesis: Differential Renormalization of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories in Superspace |
| 2010 - Present | Associate Professor of EECS and Statistics, UC Berkeley |
| 2007 - 2010 | Assistant Professor of EECS and Statistics, UC Berkeley |
| 2006 - 2007 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Section of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis
Supervisor: Prof. Charles H. Langley |
| 2004 - 2006 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Computer Science, UC Davis
Supervisor: Prof. Dan Gusfield |
| 2002 - 2004 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
Supervisor: Prof. Jotun Hein |
| 2001 - 2002 | Visiting Scholar, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford |
| 2010 | Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences |
| 2009 - 2014 | NSF CAREER Award |
| 2008 - 2013 | Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering |
| 2008 - 2010 | Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship |
| 2006 - 2010 | NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) |
| 1997 - 2000 | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
| 1996 | MIT Orloff Research Award |
| 1996 | Phi Beta Kappa |
| 1994 | Sigma Pi Sigma |
| 2010 - Present | Associate Editor of Genetics |