The Manhattan Pier in my hometown, Manhattan Beach, CA.
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I I am a conservation ecologist interested in how human activities affect biodiversity at multiple spatial scales. I grew up in California and received my B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution. I pursued a doctorate at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA where I studied the effects of forest fragmentation on lowland tropical bird communities in Central America under the direction of Dr. Thomas W. Sherry, and was granted a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2007.
I joined the faculty at Tulane University in 2007 as a Visiting Assistant Professor where I taught courses in Introductory Biology and Vertebrate Biology. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I worked with the Biodiversity Research Institute to assess the impact of the spill on colonial waterbirds. I also pursued research as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Caz Taylor at Tulane University, investigating the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on shorebird and intertidal invertebrate communities. I joined the faculty of Nevada State University in 2012, where I teach a variety of courses, including Introductory Biology, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Evolution, and Statistics, as well as Special Topics courses involving student research. I also mentor undergraduate research projects as part of the NIH INBRE and NSF EPSCoR programs. I served as chair of the Department of Physical and Life Sciences from 2017-2023. |
A waterfall near Tirimbina Rainforest Center in Costa Rica.
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