Rudolf von May - Biosketch

EDUCATION

Ph.D. - Florida International University, Biological Sciences, Miami, USA. Mentor: Dr. Maureen A. Donnelly
Licentiate/B.S. - Universidad Ricardo Palma, Biological Sciences, Lima, Peru. Mentor: Dr. Lily O. Rodríguez

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

California State University Channel Islands, Biology Program

Assistant Professor (2019-Present)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2015-2019). Mentor: Dr. Dan Rabosky

University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2011-2015). Mentor: Dr. Craig Moritz

San Francisco State University, Department of Biology

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2015). Mentor: Dr. Vance Vredenburg

Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting, Berkeley, California

Project manager. California tiger salamanders & vernal pool research. Feb.–Jun. 2010 / Feb.–Nov. 2011

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, Peru

Researcher. Ecological research of threatened Andean water frogs. Jul.–Sep. 2010

The Field Museum, Rapid Biological Inventories Program.

Herpetologist & report editor. Inventory of Maijuna and Yaguas regions, Peru. Oct.–Dec. 2009 / Oct.–Dec. 2010

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2019-Present: Ecology and the Environment (BIOL 433), Senior Capstone in Biology (BIOL 499), Statistics for Biologists (BIOL 203)

Instructor - California State University Channel Islands

Classroom lectures and lab focusing on interrelationships between organisms and the environment, spanning different levels of biological organization

2018 Analysis of Ecological Data in R

Instructor - Universidad Nacional San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru, June 2018

Sponsor: CIENCIACTIVA, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Peru

2017 Field Research Methods and Analysis of Ecological Data in R (field course)

Instructor - Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru, Nov. 2017

Sponsor: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology & NSF

2013 Ecology (BIOL 482)

Lecturer (full time) - San Francisco State University, Department of Biology, Fall semester 2013

Classroom lectures and lab focusing on interrelationships between organisms and the environment, spanning different levels of biological organization

2013 Conservation Biology (BIOL 530)

Lecturer (full time) - San Francisco State University, Department of Biology, Fall semester 2013

Classroom lectures focusing on the principles of nature conservation, and discussions about the concepts, laws, and practice of conservation science

2012 Amphibian disease ecology and conservation (field course)

Instructor - Amazon Conservation Association, Manu National Park, Peru, June 2012

2004-2008 General Biology I Lab, General Biology II Lab, Human Biology Lab

Teaching Assistant - Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences

(Total combined 10 semesters, Aug. 2004–Aug. 2008)

2001-2002 Tropical Biology Research Practicum (BIOL 188)

Field Instructor - University of California Education Abroad Program, Tropical Biology and Conservation, Costa Rica (Four quarter programs, Mar. 2001–Dec. 2002)

2000, 2001, 2004 Naturalist guide training course (field course)

Coordinator & Instructor - Rainforest Expeditions, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru. (Three courses, three weeks each year, Feb.–Mar. 2000, 2001, 2004)

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