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Education

Dissertation Title: Effects of Short-term Changes in Environmental Conditions on the Foraging Ecology and Reproductive Success of Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor. Major Professor: Dr. David W. Winkler.

B.Sc. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Zoology, 1987

Senior Thesis Title: Diel Periodicity of Movement and Feeding of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Advisor: Dr. John Magnuson.

Awards, Honors, Leadership Activities

Elected Member, American Ornithologists' Union, 2012

2014 51ÉçÇø Excellence in Teaching Award

2013-2014 Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Arts and Sciences, UNO

2011-2012 College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award, UNO

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2001 - Fellow, University of Nebraska Graduate Faculty

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1998 -

1995 - Award for Excellence in Teaching, Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University

1988-93 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

1990-91 Cooper Ornithological Society Student Membership Award

1988 - A.D. White Fellowship, Cornell University

Professional Affiliations

August 2001 to Present: 51ÉçÇø

Sept. 2000 - Aug. 2001: AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow, USDA Forest Service, Research, Washington Office.

June 1998 - July 2001: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park.

Sept. 1998 - Aug. 2000: AAAS Science and Engineering Fellow, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

June 1996-May 1998: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Zoology, University of Florida.

Aug. 1995- Aug. 1996: Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Brockport.

Summers 1994-1995: Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, Cortland, NY.

Professional Societies

Ecological Society of America

American Ornithologists' Union

Cooper Ornithological Society

Association of Field Ornithologists

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Research and Publications

Please see my research pages to learn about my research interests

To learn about the work I have completed, see my page of publications