Born in Tucson, AZ. Did undergrad at UofA in Biochemistry. PhD in Biophysics from Washington University in St. Louis, studying how helicases (enzymes that separate double stranded DNA into single stranded DNA). Post Doc work in virus assembly at University of Colorado Denver and University of Iowa. Joined faculty at UC Denver for 5 years. Now work for contract research lab in San Diego. I am a Judo shodan.