Education
Ph.D. University of Texas, Department of Zoology, 1998
B.Sc. University of Arizona, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1992
Professional Employment
2011 – current Professor
Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
2009 – 2010 Associate Professor
Director of First Year Biology
School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
2006 – 2009 Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
2000 – 2005 Research Ecologist
USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory
1998 – 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Oxford, Department of Zoology
University of Arizona, ARL-Division of Neurobiology
Awards
2020 Director’s Superior Grantsmanship Award, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
2020 Patent Award, Texas A&M System Technology Commercialization
2019 Texas Environmental Excellence Award Finalist (2nd place), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
2018 Patent Award, Texas A&M System Technology Commercialization
2018 Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management, Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America
2018 Texas Environmental Excellence Award Finalist (2nd place), Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
2017 Excellence in Innovation Award, Texas A&M System Technology Commercialization
2017 Patent Award, Texas A&M System Technology Commercialization
2016 Outstanding Faculty Award, Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology Graduate Student Organization
2013 Geoffrey G.E. Scudder Lecture in Entomology, University of British Columbia, May 17, 2013 (funded visit and public lecture)
2012 TAMU Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Safe Laboratory of the Month award (May)
2011 Distinguished Service Award for career achievements involving research conducted at the University of Texas, Brackenridge Field Laboratory
2011 Top 10 University of Sydney Lecturer of the Year (#1 in the School of Biological Sciences, #6 University-wide as ranked by UniJobs.com.au nationwide poll)
2009 Perry Adkisson Distinguished Speaker Award, Texas A&M University, Entomology Graduate Student Association. (funded visit and honorarium)
2007 Invited participant in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) World Practical Course on DNA Microarrays, Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu, India, Aug 11-16, 2007 (all expenses paid)
2005 USDA-ARS, Superior Performance Award
2001 USDA-ARS, Superior Performance Award
1998 NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Engineering (declined)
1990 Howard Hughes Undergraduate Biology Research Program participant
Teaching
ENTO 402: Field Crop Insects
EEBL 608 Integrative Animal Behavior
ENTO 690 Theory of Research
ENTO 681: Current and Emerging Topics in Entomology (Graduate seminar)
ENTO 681: Phenotypic Plasticity in Insects (Graduate seminar)