Position:
Assistant Professor at Western Kentucky University
Work:
Western Kentucky University
since Aug 2005
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Assistant Professor
Western Kentucky University
2005 - 2011
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Associate Professor
University of Maryland-College Park
Jan 2002 - Aug 2005
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NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
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J. Lund Marine Science Research Fellow
UT-Austin
Jan 1996 - Jan 1999
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Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Univ. of Texas at Austin
Jan 1996 - Jan 1999
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Teaching Assistant
Brigham Young University
Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
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Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
Brigham Young University
Jan 1994 - Jan 1996
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Teaching Assistant
Education:
The University of Texas at Austin 1996 - 2001
BS., M.S., Ph.D., Zoology, Marine Science, Neuroscience
Interests:
Neuroscience,
Sensory cell regeneration,
Hearing and sound production in teleost fishes,
Bioacoustics
Honor & Awards:
Western Kentucky University Summer Faculty Award (2009)
University of Washington Visiting Scholar Award, collaborative research at the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center (2008)
Western Kentucky University New Faculty Scholarship Award (2008)
Professor of the Year (2007), Student Government Association, Odgen College of Science and Engineering
Travel Award (2007), Effect of Noise on Aquatic Life Meeting, Nyborg, Denmark
Western Kentucky University Summer Faculty Awards (2006, 2007)
Travel Award, 10th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Finland (2004)
Best student oral presentation and travel award, Behavioral and Physiological Comparisons of Cultured and Wild Fish Symposium at the 5th International Congress on the Biology of Fish (2002)
University Continuing Fellowship, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas at Austin (2000-2001)
Sally Richardson Award for best oral presentation, 2nd place, 24th Annual Larval Fish Conference (2000)