I’m a Professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University and a Research Biologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama. I have a BS in Zoology an MS in Botany from Miami University (Ohio) and a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Georgia where I studied population and community ecology of tropical trees.
After a postdoctoral work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama and Imperial College London, I began my current position in BPP in 2012. At Oregon State, I teach an undergraduate course in Plant Ecology (BOT 341), Advanced Plant Ecology (BOT 445/545), a seminar course in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (BOT 507/599), an NSDF GRFP grant writing workshop (BOT 508), and direct a lab of graduate and undergraduate students that is focused on the ecology and evolutionary biology of plant populations and communities.
OSU Affliliations
Affiliated Researcher, HJ Andrews Long Term Ecological Research site
Other Affiliations
Research Biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
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