I got a BS in Microbiology from Auburn U. in 1996. I married Patrick Karr in 2001. Finished up my PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology in 2004 from UW in Seattle, and then had a brief stint as a post-doc at the Salk Institute in San Diego.
After the birth of my first son in 2006, I decided to leave academic research for a while to be a full-time mom. I currently live in Portland, Oregon.