Professional appointments
Current
Assistant Marine Scientist, SC-DNR, Marine Resources Research Institute (US), 2022-present
Research Adjunct Faculty, College of Charleston (US), 2022-present
Associate Member, University of Exeter (UK), 2022 - present
Former
Research fellow, University of Exeter (UK), 2016 - 2022
NSF-EAPSI/JSPS Research fellow (Japan), NIG, 2015
Education
Ph.D., East Carolina University (US); M.Sc., Georgia State University (US); B.A./B.Sc., Berry College (US)
Miscellaneous experiences (that shaped my career track)
Field assistant, Adirondacks, NY | White throated sparrows
Naturalist/Field assistant, Gloucester | Baleen whales in Stellwagen Bank
Field assistant, Florida Keys, FL | Wild bottlenose dolphins in the Florida keys
Wildlife rehabilitator, Friday Harbor, WA | All types of critters native to WA
Selected funding and awards
Genetic society of America DeLill Nasser award, 2021
UK Genetic Society, 2020
NSF-EAPSI/JSPS fellowship, 2015
NSF Doctoral dissertation improvement grant, 2013-2015
AMNH Theodore Roosevelt memorial grant, 2012
SSE Rosemary grant award | ABS grant-in-aid research award | Raney ichthyology research award, 2011
Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, UW, 2013
Northwest marine technology innovative grant, 2012
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