EDUCATION

Ph.D Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (1992-1999) "A developmental approach to understanding the evolution of reproductive strategies in dipteran insects."
Supervisor: Dr. Lynn Riddiford

B.A. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA (1987-1991) Major: Biology

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Spring 2019 -- Biology 470/FHL 470, Research in Marine Biology, University of Washington FHL

Autumn 2004 -- Biology 491, Evolutionary Biology, Seattle University

Spring 2004 -- Biology 42, Human Biology, Hartnell College (Salinas, CA)

Spring 2003 -- Biology 235, Invertebrate Zoology, Seattle University

Winter 2003 -- Biology 202, Introductory Biology, Seattle Central Community College (SCCC)

Winter 2003 -- Environmental Science 150, Environmental Issues & Problems, SCCC

Spring 2002 -- Biology 235, Invertebrate Zoology, Seattle University

Summer 2001 -- Biology 454, Evolutionary Mechanisms, University of Washington

Winter 2001 -- Biology 166, General Biology II, Seattle University

Spring 2000 -- Biology 101, Principles of Biology, Seattle University

Spring 2000 -- Environmental Science 150, Environmental Issues & Problems, SCCC

Spring 2000 -- Science 112, Seashore Life – Northwest Field Trips, SCCC

Autumn 1999 -- Biology 101, General Biology, SCCC

Autumn 1999 -- Biology 100, Biological Principles, North Seattle Community College

 

CURRENT POSITIONS

10/15 - present....Senior Research Scientist, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor WA  USA.

6/05 - present....Co-PI, Staff scientist, content and media designer (HTML, CSS, Flash, database), "I2SEA" and "Virtual Urchin" high school education projects, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove CA  USA (with D. Epel).

 

FUNDING

Co-PI (with Amro Hamdoun), Lab on the Go, Society for Developmental Biology education grant. 2019.

PI, Go Team Go Green, Campus Sustainability Fund, UW. 2018-2019.

PI, The Final Approach of a Larva to its Shoreline Habitat, Royalty Research Fund, UW. 2018-2019.

PI, Follow the Water, California Coastal Commission, Whale Tail Grant. 2017-2018.

PI, FHL Composting Facility, Campus Sustainability Fund, UW. 2017.

Co-PI, Marcus & Amalia Wallenberg Foundation Inquiry to Student Environmental Action (I2SEA) project grant (collaboration between researchers at Stanford University and University of Gothenburg, Sweden), 2015-2017.

Co-PI, National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography. Collaborative Research: Turbulence-spurred settlement: Deciphering a newly recognized class of larval response, 2014-2017.

Wallenberg Global Learning Network Inquiry-to-Insight project grant (Virtual Urchin project at Stanford University in collaboration with researchers and high school teachers in and around the Sven Lovén Center for Marine Sciences, Sweden), 2009-2013. (I assisted with writing and preparing this grant application)

Wallenberg Global Learning Network Inquiry-to-Insight planning grant (Virtual Urchin project at Stanford University in collaboration with researchers and high school teachers in and around the Sven Lovén Center for Marine Sciences, Sweden), 2008-2009. (I assisted with writing and preparing this grant application)

Wallenberg Global Learning Network Bio-HOPE project grant (Virtual Urchin project at Stanford University in collaboration with Internet Bio-Lab project in Göteborg University, Sweden), 2007-2008. (I assisted with writing and preparing this grant application)

Wallenberg Global Learning Network Bio-HOPE planning grant (Virtual Urchin project at Stanford University in collaboration with Internet Bio-Lab project in Göteborg University, Sweden), 2006-2007. (I assisted with writing and preparing this grant application)

Company of Biologists Post-Doctoral Travel Award, Winter 2002 (Kewalo Marine Laboratories, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI)

Co-PI (with D. Emlen), NSF-funded symposium, XXI International Entomology Congress, Iguaçu Falls, Brasil, Aug. 2000. Insects as Models for Integrating Development with Evolution.

Developmental Biology Training Grant (NIH), University of Washington, 1995-1998

Molecular and Cell Biology Training Grant (NIH), University of Washington, 1994-1995