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Education

 

PhD, University of Missouri - Plant, Insect & Microbial Sciences (2013)

BS, North Carolina State University - Biological Sciences (2007)

 

Experience & Training

 

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Entomology

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 

May 2013 - present

 

Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Plant Sciences – Entomology Program Area

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

August 2008 - May 2013

Advisor: Deborah L. Finke

 

Research Technician, Corridor Research Project, NCSU & US Forest Service

Savannah River Site, New Ellenton, SC

May 2007 - June 2008

Mentors: Nick Haddad, Doug Levey, Ellen Damschen, and Lars Brudvig

Co-Instructor, Science Writing Bootcamp

Purdue University - Spring 2015

 

Guest Lecturer, undergraduate course in Insect Ecology

Purdue University - Spring 2014, 2015

Mutualism & Symbiosis, Herbivore offense

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Insect Diversity

University of Missouri – Fall 2011, Fall 2012

 

Guest Lecturer, graduate-level course in Insect Ecology

University of Missouri - October 2010, 2012

Metapopulation Dynamics

 

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University Scholars Program

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

August 2004 - December 2006

Teaching 

Photo: R. Houseman

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