HIGHER EDUCATION 
Summer course: Advances in Genome Technology and Bioinformatics Course at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. October 2005. 
Ph.D. 2001 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, CA  (Advisor, Jim Leckie, "Biodegradation of uranyl (UO22+)-complexed citrate and implications for uranyl mobility in the subsurface")
M.S. 1995 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, CA 
B.S. 1993 Natural Resources with Honors, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 
2022- present Full professor, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
2013-2022 Associate professor with tenure, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne 
2005-2013 Assistant professor tenure track, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne 
2001-2005 Post-Graduate Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA (PI: Brad Tebo) 
1995-2001 Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University (Advisor: Jim Leckie) 
RESEARCH INTERESTS 
Gemicrobiology, metal-bacteria interactions, biological reduction and oxidation of metals, biological nanoparticle formation; Characterization of microbial communities in terrestrial environments; Using genomic, microscopic and spectroscopic tools to understand metal transformations by microorganisms. 
ACADEMIC HONORS 
Rotary Foundation University Professor grant, 2004. 
Swiss National Science Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2001. 
Leon B. Reynolds Memorial Scholarship in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, 1995-96. 
Graduated with Honors from Cornell University, 1993. 
BIBLIOMETRY 
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-4398-2011 ResearcherID: E-4398-2011