2021–present: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, James Madison University
1998–2002: B.S. (Zoology, Magna cum laude), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Steven J. Beaupre (advisor)
2002–2004: M.S. (Zoology), School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Kenneth V. Kardong (advisor)
2004–2010: Ph.D. (Zoology), Department of Integrative Biology (formerly Zoology), Oregon State University, Robert T. Mason (advisor)
2010–2014: Postdoctoral Fellow (Molecular Neuroscience), Monell Chemical Senses Center, Robert F. Margolskee (P.I.)
2014–2015: Visiting Professor, Department of Biology, Washington & Lee University
2015–2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, James Madison University
I use techniques from many disciplines to answer integrative organismal questions about vertebrate reproduction and life history. The Red-sided Garter Snake is my focal species because of how much is known about their physiology, behavior, ecology, evolution, and reproduction. My lab studies how specific genes involved in crucial physiological processes vary in expression (seasonally, sexually, etc.), and we also induce biochemical...