- Peer Reviewer: Biology Letters, Bulletin of Marine Science, Coral Reefs, Ecological Applications, Ecology, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Fish Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, PLoS ONE, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Grant Proposal Reviewer: National Science Foundation Biological Oceanography Program, University of Hawaii Sea Grant
- External Reviewer: US National Park Service Lionfish Response Plan, Simon Fraser University Animal Care and Use Scientific Merit Evaluation
- Guest Editor: Marine Ecology Progress Series (Special Section on Invasive Lionfish). 2015 – 2016.
- Observer, Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Workshop, SeaGrant/NOAA, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2016.
- Organizing Committee, Lionfish Research Symposium and Special Publication, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Panama. 2015
- Graduate Student Invited Speaker Committee, OSU, Department of Zoology. 2009 – 2011.
- Organizing Committee, Associated Fellows of OSU. 2008 – 2011.
- Student Photo Board Committee, OSU, Department of Zoology. 2006 – 2011.
- Organizing Chair of Special Topic Session on Invasive Lionfish, 6th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Portland, Oregon. 2009.
- Graduate Student Representative to Faculty Promotion & Tenure Committee, OSU, Department of Zoology. 2008.