- Ph.D., Biochemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, 2009
- Research Associate, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK, 2007-2012
- Career Development Fellow, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK, 2006-2007
- B.S., Microbiology, The Ohio State University, 2000

Rachel Samson
Assistant Research Scientist, Biochemistry Graduate Program