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
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
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)
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
Marmot Minutes: http://marmots-ucla.blogspot.com/
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