Curriculum Vitae

See separate sections for Publications and Presentations.

EMPLOYMENT and EDUCATION

  • Research and data analysis professional (2019 - present) - Maelstrom Research, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Director: Dr. Isabel Fortier

  • Research professional (2017 - 2019) - Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Supervisor: Dr. Alan Cohen

  • Postdoctoral researcher (2015 - 2017) - Université du Québec à Montréal, QC, Canada; Supervisors: Dr. Clint Kelly, Dr. Denis Réale

  • Postdoctoral researcher (2013 - 2015) - New Mexico State University, NM; Supervisor: Dr. Karen Mabry

  • Postdoctoral researcher (2011 - 2013) - University of California, Davis, CA; Supervisor: Dr. Andy Sih

  • Ph.D. Biology (2011) – University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Advisor: Dr. Daniel T. Blumstein

  • B.A. Biological Sciences, Highest Honors (2004) – Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

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FUNDING and AWARDS

Primary funding

  • NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (2011-2013)

  • NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellowship (2009-2010)

  • US Department of Education GAANN Fellowship (2006-08)

  • UCLA Chancellor’s Prize (2005)

Additional awards and grants

  • External: Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research (2010), Animal Behavior Society–NSF Travel Award (2009), RMBL Snyder Graduate Research Fellowship (2008)

  • Internal: UCLA EEB Lasiewski Award (2011), UCLA EEB Holmes O. Miller Fellowship (2010), UCLA Institute for Social Research GSR (2009), UCLA EEB Bartholomew Research Grant (2007)

Undergraduate awards

  • External: Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, Golden Key International Honour Society, John A. Van Der Poel Scholarship, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship

  • Internal: Rutgers College Award for Scholastic Excellence, Rutgers Merit Scholarship, Rutgers Outstanding Scholar Award, Rutgers University Alumni Scholarship, Rutgers University Dean’s List

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching assistant

    • EEB129: Animal Behavior: UCLA, CA (2009)

    • EEB111: Biology of the Vertebrates: UCLA, CA (2008)

    • LS1: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity: UCLA, CA (2008)

    • EEB100: Introduction to Ecology and Behavior: UCLA, CA (2006)

Undergraduate project mentor

  • Dansereau G. 2017. Physiological dysregulation and aging in primates. Université de Sherbrooke research internship.

  • Roberge E. 2017. Integrated albunemia and aging in primates. Université de Sherbrooke research internship.

  • Huang B. 2010. Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent. UCLA EEB Honors project.

  • Lin LA. 2010. Can fecal glucocorticoid metabolites be used as a non-invasive measure of stress in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)? UCLA EEB Honors project.

  • Tang K. 2008. Well-connected females remain at home. UCLA EEB Honors project.

  • Shrinath S. 2006. Is yellow-bellied marmot reproduction costly? UCLA EEB Honors project.

K-12 education and outreach

  • NSF GK-12 Program (UCLA SEE-LA), Los Angeles, CA (2009-10): high school science

  • Rutgers University Douglass Project CASE Program: Outreach in Biology, New Brunswick, NJ (2001): 7th grade biology

Guest lecturer

  • Fundamentals of Animal Behavior, UC Davis (graduate level) – Introduction to animal social network analysis (2012-2014)

  • Experimental Animal Behavior, Tulane University – Introduction to animal social network analysis in UCINET (seminar and workshop) (2012, 2014)

  • Behavioral Ecology, UCLA – Introduction to animal social network analysis (2010)

  • Animal Behavior, UCLA – Social structure: characteristics and consequences (2009)

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OTHER

Societies and service

  • Member of: Animal Behavior Society, American Society of Mammalogists, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, International Network for Social Network Analysis, Sigma Xi, Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

  • Departmental: Graduate Admissions and Support, graduate student representative, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2008 – 2009)

  • Volunteer judge: Sigma Xi student research showcase (2013, 2015), UC Davis Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Symposium (2013)

Reviewer

See my Publons profile for statistics on these reviews.

  • Journals:

  • Funding agencies: National Science Foundation, M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, Leakey Foundation, Animal Behavior Society, Swiss National Science Foundation

Editing

  • Guest Editor: Current Zoology special issue: Individual variation in dispersal behavior in dynamic environments (2015)

  • Volunteer English editor for Kiva, www.kiva.org (2015 - present)

Workshop organization

  • Animal Social Networks, NIMBioS Investigative workshop (2014)

  • Workshop participants group pic!

Blog contributor

Short-term research experience

  • Sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) behavior and ecology (2011), Adelaide, Australia

  • Dr. C. Michael Bull, Flinders University

  • Degu (Octodon degu) behavior and ecology (2010), Santiago, Chile

  • Dr. Loren D. Hayes, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Dr. Luis A. Ebensperger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  • Exotic animal care and African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) behavior Robert G. Engel Internship in Mammalogy (2005), Bronx Zoo, New York, NY

  • Drs. Patrick R. Thomas and David M. Powell, Wildlife Conservation Society

  • Research assistant in fruit chemical analysis and NJ conservation work, New Brunswick, NJ (2004-05)

  • Dr. Edmund T. Stiles, Rutgers University

  • Genetic screening of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), Piscataway, NJ (2003)

  • Dr. Chih-Cheng Tsai, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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