Unfortunately, I don't have a new website at the moment, but I figured I should put a note up here so that A) people know this information is two years - or more if you're reading this later than 2007 - out of date and B) so that people don't attempt to contact me via the old email address on the site (which I've removed since I don't ever check it anymore). The easiest way of reaching me that doesn't invite even more spam than I currently get is via Facebook. Enjoy the old site!
So I'm currently a grad student pursuing a Ph. D in the BBS Program at
Harvard Medical School, where we rotate in several labs before picking one
to do a thesis in. Here's the description of mine....So ends the tale of my rotations including four of the five departments in the BBS. (Apologies to the department of Cell Biology.) Ironically, I figured coming in that I'd spend most of my time in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics but I didn't even wind up rotating with any of their quad faculty. Go figure. Instead, I wound up returning to the Coen lab, where I'm going to be doing my Ph. D thesis screening for compounds that affect specific stages in the viral life cycle. I'm excited, if occasionally intimidated by it all.
None of which to say that my time in Boston isn't busy outside the lab.
In May of 2003, I met a cute girl from Wellesley named Elizabeth. Being the
enterprising type, she promptly snatched my heart and ran off with it,
resulting in various forms of excessive cuteness like that depicted
below.
Meanwhile, I'm a member of a group on campus called Science in the News, which seeks to educate the general public on biological issues currently in the news by offering weekly seminars. My fall 2002 talk on stem cells and gene therapy is available with slides and script for anyone interested by clickign the link, and I also have pictures of myself giving a modified talk, "Therapeutic Cloning: Hype or Hope?" at the Museum of Science in Nov 2002. I'm also a member of the grad student choir at Dudley House, no relation to my housemate but home to all GSAS grad students (and sister house to Silliman, more on them below).
When I'm not in the lab (happens sometimes, I know), I can frequently be found at one of Boston's many movie theaters (primarily Boston Commons), free concerts, museums (free admission to Harvard museums and the MFA with my Harvard ID), shopping, or checking out the Singer/Songwriter series Sunday nights at The Burren, my fave Irish Pub on Davis Square, blocks from the 'Terrace. Okay, so that's not a very reliable means of finding me, what can I say, I'm used to New Haven, where there isn't so much to do. Speaking of which....
I am an alumnus of the Silliman College Class of 2002 at Yale
University. I was Silliman's webmaster for four years, and have also
served as the President and Treasurer of its College Council.
While at Yale, I was involved in the Liberal Party of the Yale Political Union, and I was also in the Yale Model Congress Association. While I have frequently been mistaken for one due to my hanging out with them so much and knowing so much of their lore and ways, let me state now, publicly and for the record, that I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of... The YALE PRECISION MARCHING BAND!
Photos!
Click here for lots of my
digital photos! :)
I've been told that people don't believe that this is in fact my webpage
because there's nothing Buffy-related on it. The above,
angelicslayer.com, is the biggest and best Buffy/Angel site around.
'Nuff said. :)
Somehow, despite owning several bunnies, my housemates do not yet read Sluggy Freelance. They shall learn to worship the comic. :)
Those of you who want to see what I was doing back in high school can
check out my old web project, a comic book website devoted to the
character Blink.
Lavender Darts: The Blink
Homepage!
More to come...