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Brief Biography:
I am originally from Oneonta, a
small town in upstate New York. I received my Bachelor degree in Biology
from Hartwick
College, where I
developed my interest in avian ecology and conservation. Following graduation, I worked as the Biology
Intern in the Department of Biology at Hartwick College
for one year before starting my graduate work at Purdue University. At Purdue
University, I worked on a project
examining the avian community of the Monteverde
Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa
Rica and completed my M.S. in Ecology in
2001. My M.S. thesis investigated
forest succession and the decline of Flowering Dogwood at the Ross Biological
Reserve. In 2001, I started my Ph.D.
at the University
of Tennessee with Dr.
Sammy King. I completed my Ph.D. in
August of 2005 and worked as Sammy’s Research Associate at LSU for one year
before taking my current position at Nicholls State
University. In the Summer of 2007, I married my best
friend, Marla Gomez. Our wedding took
place in San Juan, Puerto
Rico where Marla is from originally. We have one dog (Sheka)
and one cat (Hera) which we picked along the way in Indiana
and Tennessee. For fun, we enjoy traveling, birding,
boating, camping, fishing, and sports.
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