CV
Research & professional experience
2018-pres: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
2015-2018: Assistant Research Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2015-2017: Senior Research Associate, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2010-2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2008-2010: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Education
PhD in Biology, 2008
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
BS in Zoology, 1997
Department of Zoology, The University of Texas at Austin
BA in Liberal Arts, 1997
Plan II Honors Program, The University of Texas at Austin
Grants
- National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant: Enhancers and the convergent evolution of limb reduction in squamates, 2018
Honors & awards
- Trainee Travel Award, Society for Developmental Biology and the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 2015
- Ford Fund Fellowship, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2007
- Milton L. Shifman Endowed Scholarship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2003
- Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2002-2005
- Predoctoral Genetics and Genomics Training Grant Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, 2000-2002
Teaching experience
- General Genetics, University of Colorado, Denver, 2018, 2019
- Genetic and Molecular Networks, University of Arizona, 2018
- Foundations of Biological Diversity, Harvard University, 2006
- Genetics and Genomics, Harvard University, 2005
- Integrative Biology of Organisms, Harvard University, 2000 & 2005
Professional activities and service
- President, University of Georgia Postdoctoral Association (2012-2014)
- Board Member, University of Georgia Postdoctoral Association (2011-2012)
- Member, Society for Developmental Biology; Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology; Society for the Study of Evolution; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Sigma Xi
Research outputs
A full list of research outputs is available here.