EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D. University of Connecticut. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Advisor: Eric T. Schultz
2012 M.S. University of Connecticut. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2007 B.S. Fairfield University. Biology. magna cum laude
Advisor: Brian Walker
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2017 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Sponsors: Drs. Zachary Cheviron and Graham Scott
2015 Postdoctoral Scholar, Zachary Cheviron Lab, University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences
TEACHING
Instructor
Comparative Animal Physiology, University of Montana (2018)
Field Methods in Fish Biology, University of Connecticut (2013, 2014)
Introduction to Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Connecticut (2012)
Teaching Assistant
Human Evolution and Diversity, University of Connecticut (2014)
Principles of Biology II for biology majors, University of Connecticut 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
The Biology of Freshwater, University of Connecticut (2009, 2013)
The Biology of Fishes, University of Connecticut (2009, 2013)
Foundations of Biology for non-majors, University of Connecticut (2010, 2012)
Laboratory Techniques in Functional Genomics, University of Connecticut (2010, 2012)
INVITED SEMINARS
2019 UC Riverside, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
2019 University of Washington, Department of Biology, Seattle WA
2018 Swarthmore College, Department of Biology, Swarthmore PA
2018 Symposium on the Ecological and Physiological Impacts of Salinization of Aquatic Systems from Human Activities. University of California Davis.
2017 Carleton College, Department of Biology, Northfield MN
2017 River Herring Technical Expert Working Group. Virtual conference
2016 Bucknell University, Department of Biology, Lewisburg PA
2015 Providence College, Department of Biology Providence, RI
2014 Fairfield University, Department of Biology, Fairfield CT
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SOCIETIES
Velotta Lab 