Education
1991 Ph.D., Biology: University of California, Riverside, CA. Advisor Dr. Vaughan H. Shoemaker.
1987 M.S., Biology: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. Advisor C. O’Neil Krekorian.
1981 B.A., Biology: Pomona College, Claremont, CA.
Professional History
2012 – present
Director, IPFW Environmental Resources Center, Indiana University- Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN.
2014 – 2021
Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN.
2003 – 2010
Chair of Biology, Department of Biology, Indiana University- Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN.
2003
Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Indiana University- Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN.
2000 – 2012
Director, Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and Management, Indiana-University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN. The “Herp Center” became the ERC in 2012 and continues to this day.
1998 – 2003
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN.
1992 – 1998
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN.
1993
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside, CA. Comparative Anatomy.
1991 – 92
Betz Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, with Dr. James R. Spotila.