2002 -- Ph.D. Biology, University of New Mexico, with Distinction
1997 -- M.S. Biology, Kansas State University
1992 -- B.A. International Development, Clark University, magna cum laude
2021-present ---- Professor, Whitman College
2020-present----- Co-Director, Environmental Studies Program Whitman College
2017-2019,2020- Chair, Biology, Whitman College
2017 ---------------- Visiting Professor, Macquarie University
2014-2016 -------- Chair, Biology, Whitman College
2014-2021 -------- Associate Professor, Whitman College
2008-2014 -------- Assistant Professor, Whitman College
2006-2008 -------- Visiting and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Research Associate, Whitman College
2005-2006 -------- Research Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
2003-2005 -------- NSF International Research Fellow, University of Oxford
2002-2003 -------- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Kansas State University