EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois 2005
Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
B.A. in Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1995
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2023–present
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Associate Chair & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences 2022–present
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2017–2023
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Science 2014–2017
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2010–2014
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Associate Director, Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics 2012–2014
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Assistant Director, Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics 2008–2012
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics 2007–2008
PI: Dr. Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Conservation & Evolutionary Genetics 2005–2006
PI: Dr. Rob Fleischer, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Ornithologist, Exotic Bird Species Importation Database, USGS-BRD, Hawaii 2000
Field Biologist, Endangered Puaiohi Recovery Program, USGS-BRD, Hawaii 1998–2000
Biological Technician, Avian Productivity Research, USFWS-King Salmon, Alaska 1998
Field Technician, Nightingale Reed-warbler Study, USGS-BRD, Saipan, NMI 1997–1998
Biological Technician, Hawk and Bat Inventory, USFS-Kaibab Nat’l Forest, Arizona 1997
Field Assistant, Hawaiian Honeycreeper Research, USGS-BRD, Hakalau, Hawaii 1997
Biological Technician, Wildlife Inventory, USFS-Tongass Nat’l Forest, Alaska 1996
Field Assistant, Cascades Black-tailed Deer Study, OR Dept. F&W, Oregon 1995–1996
Field Assistant, Fisheries Program, USFS-Tongass Nat’l Forest, Alaska 1995
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois 2005
Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
B.A. in Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1995
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2023–present
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Associate Chair & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences 2022–present
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2017–2023
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Science 2014–2017
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences 2010–2014
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Associate Director, Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics 2012–2014
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Assistant Director, Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics 2008–2012
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics 2007–2008
PI: Dr. Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Conservation & Evolutionary Genetics 2005–2006
PI: Dr. Rob Fleischer, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Ornithologist, Exotic Bird Species Importation Database, USGS-BRD, Hawaii 2000
Field Biologist, Endangered Puaiohi Recovery Program, USGS-BRD, Hawaii 1998–2000
Biological Technician, Avian Productivity Research, USFWS-King Salmon, Alaska 1998
Field Technician, Nightingale Reed-warbler Study, USGS-BRD, Saipan, NMI 1997–1998
Biological Technician, Hawk and Bat Inventory, USFS-Kaibab Nat’l Forest, Arizona 1997
Field Assistant, Hawaiian Honeycreeper Research, USGS-BRD, Hakalau, Hawaii 1997
Biological Technician, Wildlife Inventory, USFS-Tongass Nat’l Forest, Alaska 1996
Field Assistant, Cascades Black-tailed Deer Study, OR Dept. F&W, Oregon 1995–1996
Field Assistant, Fisheries Program, USFS-Tongass Nat’l Forest, Alaska 1995