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Education

Ph.D. 2000 – 2005 Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia

B.Sc. 1998 Marine Biology (Minor; Chemistry) Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida

Professional Experience

2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2006 Visiting Assistant Faculty, ODU, Norfolk, VA
2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, VIMS, Gloucester Point, VA
1998-2000 Research Tech., SERC, Edgewater, MD
1998 Research Experience for Undergraduates, SERC, Edgewater, MD
1997-8 Research Assistant, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, England
1996 Research Fellow, BBSR, Bermuda

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

2004 Reves International Travel Grant
2003 NASA Graduate Coastal Research Program Fellowship
1998 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internship
1996 Galbraith Fellowship for Research at the Bermuda Biological Research Station

Research Cruises and Field Experience

2005 R/V N.B. Palmer, Ross Sea (CORSACS)
2004 R/V Tangoroa, Subantarctic Pacific (SAGE/SOLAS Program)
2004 USCG Polar Star, Ross Sea (IVARS)
2003 R/V N.B. Palmer, Ross Sea (IVARS)
2003 R/V N.B. Palmer, Southern Ocean/Ross Sea (MIXURS)
2003 R/V N.B. Palmer, Ross Sea (IVARS)
2002 USCG Polar Sea, Ross Sea (IVARS)
2002 R/V Revelle, Southern Ocean (SOFeX)
2001 USCG Polar Star, Ross Sea (IVARS)
1999 Palmer Station, Antarctica
1998 R/V L.M. Gould, Weddell-Scotia Confluence
1996 Bermuda Biological Research Station

Teaching experience

2007 Principles of Ecology (Bio 291)
2007 Marine Ecology Laboratory (Bio 442/542)
2007 Marine Ecology (Bio 415/515)
2007 Independent Study (Bio 498)
2006-7 Senior Seminar (Bio 405)
2006 Introduction to Life Science (Bio 108) with Laboratory (Bio 109)
2005 Co-Instructor for Plankton Ecology (MS 652)
2005 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Teaching Assistant
2004 Mentor for Virginia Governor School Student, Molly Turner
2002 Mentor for REU student, Laura Toops
1999 Mentor for REU student Corey Wright