Brief Bio I'm a graduate student at the University of New Hampshire studying the ecology and conservation of amphibians. I received my Master's in Biology at the University of Missouri where my research focused on the effects of forest management on amphibian populations. I enjoy the outdoors, especially hiking and canoeing. I also enjoy running and cycling but my recent obsession has been photography. While I take pictures of anything that catches my eye, I generally concentrate on close-up photography, particularly of amphibians and reptiles. Some of my amphibian pictures are on this site. You can see more of my photographs at www.hockingphotography.smugmug.com I maintain two blogs related to my research. One focuses on natural history and ecology of animals and the other on quantitative ecology and statistical programming. Below are the links: Richness of Life - Blog Quantitative Ecology - Blog EDUCATION
RELEVANT COURSEWORK Ecological New Zealand Biodiversity and Ecology (UNH -NR660) Quantitative Ecology (UNH-NR713) Terrestrial Ecosystems (UNH-NR730) Wetland Mitigation and Restoration (UNH-NR719) Community Ecology (UNH-NR765) Ecological Genetics (MU-BIO8700) Systematics and the Origin of Species (MU-BIO8187) Vertebrate Behavioral Ecology (MU-NR8620) Soil Ecology (UNH-NR806) Evolution of Cooperative Behavior (UNH-BIO998) Technical Introduction to GIS (MU-NR7325) Stable Isotopes Ratios For Ecological Research (U.Utah) Experimental Design and Statistics Analysis of Variance (MU-STATS 7530) Regression and Correlation (MU-STATS 7510) Design of Ecological Experiments (MU-BIO 8600) Bayesian and Computational Statistics (UNH-MATH 941) Software Proficiency SAS R WinBUGS/OpenBUGS MS Access/OpenOffice BASE Mark ArcGIS (limited use) Matlab (limited use) |  Red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) showing the typical red-back and the rare tan-back color morphs.  Male gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) calling from a branch over a pond in Missouri  |
