1998               Boston ACS meeting, poster presentation
                        "Glutamate Analogues probing the Glutamate Vesicular Transport Site"
1997               Attended the Vollum Institute Neuroscience Symposium Series
1997               Served on the Physical Chemistry Candidate Search Committee
1995-1997     Teaching Assistant, University of Montana
1993-1995     Teaching Assistant, University of Vermont

1994      Golden Key Honor Society Membership
1994      Pfizer Summer Research Fellowship
1994      University of Vermont Chemistry Cooke Award
1995      Honors Thesis Award, University of Vermont
1995      B.A.  University of Vermont, cum laude
1996      Female Graduate Student Award
1997-98  University of Montana Research Grant Program Award
1998-00  American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
1998      American Chemistry Society Women’s Travel Award
1999      University of Montana Bertha Morton Award