I am an Associate Professor in both the Biology and the Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science Departments at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater (Whitewater, WI), where I teach courses that focus on human interactions with the environment. As a primarily undergraduate institution, research is driven by UW-Whitewater undergraduate students invested in gaining hands on experience. Together, we focus on coral reef ecophysiology and biogeochemical cycling in freshwater lakes and streams.

Education

Postdoc: Teaching and Research Postdoctoral Fellow at Villanova University in the Environmental Science Department

Postdoc: Research Postdoctoral Fellow at The Ohio Sate University in the Bauer and Grottoli labs.

PhD: Geology – The Ohio State University, 2012

BS: Science of Earth Systems – Cornell University, 2007, Distinction in Research