EDUCATION

Ph.D. Stanford University, Biology (2012)

M.A. San Francisco State University, Biology (2004)

B.A. Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, Marine Biology with Honors (1999)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Biology, Dept. of Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo (2021-present)

Graduate Faculty, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Program, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa (2019-present)

Assistant Professor of Biology, Dept. of Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo (2016-present)

Assistant Professor of Ecology and Field Biology, Dept. of Biology, University of San Francisco (2015-2016)

Lecturer, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University (2014-15)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University (2013-2014)

HHMI Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University (2012)

Adjunct Instructor, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon (2012)

HONORS AND AWARDS

University of Hawaii at Hilo, Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2019)

Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences Award for Mentoring Excellence (2014)

Stanford University, Dept. of Biology Norman K. Wessells Teaching Award (2011)

Stanford University, Dept. of Biology Teaching Excellence Award (2011)

National Science Foundation GK-12 Teaching Fellowship Award (2006-2008)

Santa Cruz County Science Fair Teacher of the Year (2005)

San Francisco State University, Nelson Fellowship Award for Academic Excellence (2002)

San Francisco State University, Graduate Fellowship Award for Teaching Excellence (2001)

University of California, Santa Cruz, Thesis Honors (1998)

SELECTED SEMINAR INVITATIONS

San Francisco State University, Dept. of Biology, October 2021

University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, September 2021

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, March 2021

Yale University, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, February 2021

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 2021

University of California, Riverside Dept. of Biology, April 2020 (covid delayed)

University of Porto, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), Portugal, date TBD

The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland, May (2019)

University of Bern, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Switzerland, May (2019)

University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Graduate Program, March (2019)

University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Dept. of Botany, November (2017)

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Graduate Program, September (2017)

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Graduate Program, September (2016)

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Department of Biology, April (2016)

University of San Francisco, Department of Biology, March (2016)

University of San Francisco, Department of Biology, June (2015)

University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, January (2015)

University of Oregon, Dept. of Biology, January (2015)

University of California San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences, January (2015)

Stanford University, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, March (2014)

San Francisco State University, Department of Biology, February (2014)

Sonoma State University, Department of Biology, February (2014)

Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences, May (2013)

University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, August (2012)

University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Depts. of Botany and Zoology, April (2012)

San Francisco State University, Department of Biology, November (2011)

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

National Science Foundation Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Award (collaborator, 2016-2021)

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Faculty Seed Grant (2019)

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Faculty Seed Grant (2017)

Smithsonian Global Genome Initiative Grant (2016)

HHMI Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship (2012)

Stanford University Department of Biology Travel Grant (2011)

Stanford University VPUE SCORE Grant (2010)

Stanford University Biology Dept. Graduate Research Fellowship (2009-2012)

Myers Marine Biology and Oceanographic Trust Grant (2010)

UH Manoa Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Research Grant (2007)

UH Manoa Dai Ho Chun Travel Fellowship (2007)

National Science Foundation GK12 Fellowship (2006)

San Francisco State University, College of Science and Engineering Grant (2002)

San Francisco State University, Nelson Fellowship Award Grant (2002)

Myers Marine Biology and Oceanographic Trust Fund Grant (2002)