Mentoring and Teaching

Masters Committee Member

• Sarah Ramsden, USA, 2021 - present

• Edward Kim, USA, 2020 - 2022

• Joe Curtis, University of South Florida, 2016 - 2019 

Research Advisor - Graduate Students

• Adam Jung, USA, Masters in Marine Science, 2021 - present

• Frank D’Alonzo, USA, Professional Masters in Marine Science, 2019 - 2021

• Merritt McCall, USA, Masters in Marine Science, 2018 - 2021

• Mariah Livernois, USA, Masters in Marine Science, 2016 - 2018

• Sarah White, USA, Professional Masters in Marine Science, 2016 - 2017

• Amanda Jefferson, USA, Masters in Marine Science, 2016 - 2017

Research and Internship Advisor - Undergraduate Students

• Jessica Jimenez, California State University, National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow. 2016

• Alyssa Adler, OSU, Lab Assistant. 2010 – 2011.

• Melissa Errend, OSU, Lab Assistant. 2010 – 2011.

• Julia Lawson, OSU, Field Assistant. 2010.

• Wendel Raymond, OSU, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Grant (HHMI) and Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship & Creativity Grant (URISC) Fellow. 2009 – 2011.

• Gabe Scheer, OSU, Field Assistant. 2009.

• Tye Kindinger, OSU, Field Assistant. 2009.

• Emily Pickering, OSU, HHMI Fellow. 2008 – 2009.

• Megan Cook, OSU, HHMI Fellow, 2012 Our World Underwater Rolex Scholar. 2007 – 2008.

• Robbie Lamb, OSU, HHMI and URISC Fellow. 2006 – 2007.

Instructor, Graduate Level, USA. Marine Experimental Ecology (MAS 560). Designed and implemented a graduate level course in experimental design and statistical analysis with applications to marine ecology using the R software environment. 2020, 2022, 2023.

Instructor, Undergraduate Level, DISL. Marine Vertebrate Zoology (BLY 451). Designed and implemented an upper-division, field-based, undergraduate course covering the systematics, zoogeography and ecology of marine fishes, reptiles, and mammals. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

Assistant Instructor, USA. Marine Experimental Ecology (MAS 560, Instructor: S. Powers). Developed and presented complementary lectures, lab exercises, and exam questions on modern experimental design and statistical analysis using R software. 2017.

Guest Lecturer 

• USA, Chemical and Biological Oceanography (MASS 332, Instructor: A. Sprinkle), Lecture Topic: Effects of invasive Pacific red lionfish on Atlantic coral-reef fish communities. 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

• Faulkner State Community College. Principles of Biology II (BIO 104, Instructor: K. Page-Albins), Lecture Topic: Effects of invasive Pacific red lionfish on Atlantic coral-reef fish communities. 2013.

• OSU, Marine Ecology (Z 351, Instructor: M. Hixon), Lecture Topics:  Rocky Intertidal Ecology, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Reproduction, Ecological Interactions, Biogeography, Polar Communities, Fisheries. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.

• OSU, Ecology (BI 370, Instructor: C. Searle), Lecture Topic: Effects of invasive Pacific red lionfish on Atlantic coral-reef fish communities. 2011.

Discussion Group Leader, AU, Modeling and Quantitative Methods in Fisheries (Graduate level, non-credit, reading/discussion group, 6 members from Masters to Post-doc). 2013.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, OSU

• Investigating Biology (BI 211). 2010, 2011.

• Ecology (BI 370). 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

• Marine Ecology (Z 351/352). 2006, 2008, 2010.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, UHH, Quantitative Underwater Ecological Surveying Techniques (MARE/BIOL 264/364). 2002, 2003.