Personal

• Born August 29th, 1965
• Married to Avital Adah Rodal February 26th, 2003
• Children: Simon Zachary Goode, born July 18th, 2003
• Dogs: Kira and Sasha
• Hobbies: running (especially with dogs), guitar, cooking

Education

1995 — University of California, Santa Barbara — Ph.D., Cell Biology

1988 — University of California, Santa Barbara — B.S., Biology

Academic Career

2000 - present — Brandeis University — Waltham, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Rosensteil Basic Medical Science Research Center

1995 - 1999 — University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral researcher

• Research project: Regulation of the yeast actin cytoskeleton
• Research supervisors: Dr. David Drubin and Dr. Georjana Barnes

1989 - 1995 — University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D. candidate

• Thesis title: Structure and function analysis of the neuronal microtubule associated protein tau
• Research supervisor: Dr. Stuart Feinstein

1986 - 1989 — University of California, Santa Barbara
Undergraduate researcher

• Research project: molecular dissection of the nerve growth factor (NGF)-inducible ornithine decarboxylase promoter
• Research supervisor: Dr. Stuart Feinstein

Honors and professional activities

2006 — Nominated for HHMI Investigator (2004-2005 competition)

2005 — American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant

2004 — NIH Research Career Development Award (K02)

2003 — March of Dimes Basil OÕConnor Scholar Award

2002 — Pew Biomedical Scholar Award

2001 — Invited - Career Panel at ASCB meeting

2001 — Invited - Public Career Panel at UCSB

2001 — Ad hoc for CDF4 study section NIH

1994 — Neuroscience achievement award, UCSB