curriculum vita
education
- Ph.D.
candidate at
the University of
Arizona; Fall,
2004 to present. Current research: A comparative study of the evolution
of
multicellularity in the Volvocales;
38 credit hours
completed; GPA 4.0.
- M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology at the University
of
Arizona; graduated December, 2006; GPA 4.0.
- GRE on June 8, 2001: 770 Verbal, 780
Quantitative, 800 Analytical.
- Additional
courses in biology at the University of Central Florida as a
post-baccalaureate; 58 credit hours; GPA 3.96.
- B.A. in Political Science at the University of Central Florida in Orlando;
graduated Fall, 1993; GPA 2.98.
publications
- Pepper, J. W.
and M. D. Herron. submitted. Does
biology need an organism concept? in review for Biological Reviews.
grants and fellowships
- University of Arizona Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology Departmental Research Stipend, 2005-2008.
- University of Arizona Graduate Tuition Award,
2004 – $3306.
- University of Central
Florida Biology Graduate Committee Grant,
2002 – $1000.
- University of Central Florida Graduate Travel Fellowship,
2002 – $250.
presentations / workshops
- Herron,
M. D.,
T. A. Castoe,
and C. L. Parkinson. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of the Sciuridae
inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome-b
sequences. Florida
Academy
of
Sciences. Abstract published
as Florida Scientist 66:S22.
positions
- Graduate
Research Associate. University
of Arizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Laboratory
of Richard Michod.
Fall, 2005 to present.
- Graduate
Teaching Associate. University of Arizona Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Course taught: ECOL 206
Environmental Biology (Lab). Spring, 2005.
- Technical
Expert. University of Arizona Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Phylogenetic reconstruction of
Volvocales (Chlorophyta). Summer, 2004.
- Instructor. University
of Central Florida Department of Biology. Course taught: PCB 4683L
Population Biology and Evolution Lab. Fall, 2002 to Fall, 2003.
- Graduate Teaching
Assistant. University
of Central Florida Department of Biology. Course taught: PCB 4683L
Population Biology and Evolution Lab. Spring, 2002.
- Graduate Research
Assistant. University
of Central Florida Department of Biology. Laboratory of Christopher
Parkinson. Fall, 2001; Summer, 2002; Summer, 2003.
- Director of
Imaging Department.
The Morris Group Imaging Studios / The Sports Connection. 1995 - 1997.
service
- Member,
University of Central Florida Biology
Department conservation faculty search committee.
- Guest
lecturer, Undergraduate
course in Environmental Biology. "Phylogenetics, systematics, and
conservation." University of Arizona. 2005.
- Guest
lecturer, Graduate
course in Molecular Evolution. "DNA sequence data: from template DNA to
sequence alignment." University of Central Florida. 2002.