Presentations and Conferences attended

Presentations and Conferences attended:

• Presented analyzed data from a study of the trophic ecology of apple snails (Ampullariidae) in the genus Pomacea at the MAM (Mid-Atlantic Malacology) meeting at the National Museum of Natural History. (4/2017)

• Presentation at Georgetown University on the trophic ecology of apple snails (Ampullariidae) in the genus Pomacea at the invitation of Dr. Leslie Ries. (4/2017)

• Presented an analysis of the trophic ecology of apple snails to the Biology Department at Howard University. (4/2017)

• Presented preliminary data from a study of the trophic Ecology of apple snails (Ampullaiidae) in the genus Pomacea at the MAM (Mid-Atlantic Malacology) meeting at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. (4/2016)

• Guest lecturer in the Evolution (BIOL 240) course at Howard University on the topic of Species and speciation. (10/2015)

• Howard University Departmental Seminar on the diversity of macro-invertebrates, between disturbed and pristine freshwater lakes in Maldonado, Uruguay. (10/2015)

• Howard University Departmental Seminar on the trophic placement of Pomacea canaliculata and the diversity of macro invertebrates in two lakes in Maldonado, Uruguay, at Howard University’s Departmental Seminar. (4/2015)

• Attended the South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability (SARAS), in Maldonado, Uruguay. The institute is focused on interdisciplinary research involving the impact of change and instability on natural and social environments. (12/2014)

• Attended Congresso Uruguayo de Zoologia, in Maldonado, Uruguay; organized by the zoological society of Uruguay, to discuss the national environmental interest of Uruguay for the president of Uruguay. (12/2014)

• Presented my Master’s thesis research at a Howard University Departmental seminar on the preferential feeding of the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca, at Howard University’s Departmental Seminar. (11/2014)

• Research Poster presentation of  Master’s research on the preferential feeding of freshwater amphipods (Hyalella azteca) at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) San Francisco, California (1/2013)

• Attended the (SREB) Southern Regional Education Board’s Institute on Teaching and Mentoring (11/ 2012)

• Guest Lecturer; Chemical Ecology (BY-674), Topic: allelopathic interactions in plants and animals, University of Alabama Birmingham (10/2012)

• Presented Master’s thesis research on the preferential feeding of freshwater amphipods for sympatric vascular plants and algae at the 2012 NSF JAM Convention in Washington D.C. (6/2012)

• 2nd Place Presentation at the Alabama Louis Stoke Minority Participation (ALSAMP) Bridge to Doctorate Spring Conference at Auburn University (Bio. Sciences) (4/2012)

• Presented Master’s thesis research on the preferential feeding of freshwater amphipods for sympatric vascular plants and algae at the Alabama Louis Stoke Minority Participation/ Bridge to Doctorate Winter Conference at UAB (1/2012)