Vita

Education

Millersville University of Pennsylvania            Biology (Marine Biology)          B.S.    1987 Cum Laude

University of Miami                                          Biology & Living Resources     M.S.   1990

University of California, Berkeley                   Integrative Biology                     Ph.D.  1996

Dissertation

Phylogenetic Studies of Columbellidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda): Higher-Level Evolutionary Patterns in Anatomy, Ecology, and Biogeography, Species-Level Diversity Patterns in the Neogene American Tropics.

Employment

2004 - present  Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of Hawaii at Hilo

2001 - present   Associate Graduate Faculty Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology; UH Manoa

1999 - 2004   Assistant Professor of Marine Science, University of Hawaii at Hilo

1998 - 1999       Lerner-Gray Postdoctoral Fellow, Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History

1997 - 1998       Visiting Postdoctoral Curator, Invert. Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

1997                   Museum Scientist, Paleobotany, UC Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley

1991-1996         Graduate Student Instructor, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley

1990-1996         Graduate Student Researcher, Invert. Paleo., UC Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley

1989-1990         Graduate Teaching Assistant, Marine Biology and Fisheries, University of Miami, RSMAS