Education

B.S. Duke University
M.S. University of Florida
Ph.D. University of Washington

Postdoctoral Training:

University of Illinois

Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Grass Fellow in Neurophysiology)

University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories

Classes Taught at the University of North Carolina

• Introduction to Neurobiology (Biology 450)
• Behavioral Neuroscience (Biology 455)
• Biology of Marine Animals (Biology 475) — taught both at UNC and as a Study Abroad class in the Galapagos Islands
• Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles (Graduate Seminar)
• Scientific Writing (Graduate Seminar)
• Animal Orientation and Navigation (Graduate Seminar)
• Magnetoreception (Graduate Seminar)

Honors

·  Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2014)

• Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, United Kingdom (2011)
• Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biology (2010)
• University of North Carolina Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (2000)
• L. G. Hoggard Distinguished Term Professor (1999-2004)
  · Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1996)
  ·  Hettleman Prize for Scholarly and Artistic Achievement by Young Faculty (1995)

Recent Invited Research Presentations and Symposium Talks

·      Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University; West Lafayette, Indiana (February, 2015)
·      Lund University Sensory Ecology Class (international graduate class in Lund, Sweden) (October, 2014)
·      National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Danish Technical University; Silkeborg, Denmark (October, 2014)
·      Keynote address, Ocean Tracking Network Symposium, American Society of Fisheries; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (August, 2014)
·      Department of Biology, Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, North Carolina (April, 2014)
·      Elise Newell Seminar Series, Public Lecture, Barrier Island Center; Melbourne Beach, Florida (February, 2014)
·      Elise Newell Seminar Series, University of Central Florida; Orlando, Florida (February, 2014)
·      Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Austin, Texas (January, 2014)
·      DownUnder Scuba Club; Durham, North Carolina (September, 2013)
·      Keynote address, Bio-navigation Symposium, Royal Institute of Navigation; Royal Holloway College in Egham, England (April, 2013)
·      Lund University Sensory Ecology Class (international graduate class in Lund, Sweden) (October, 2012)
·      Neuroscience Club, University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, North Carolina (October, 2012)
·      Community Public Lecture, Galapagos Science Center; San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (June, 2012)
·      Galapagos Institute for the Arts and Sciences; San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (June, 2012)
·      Department of Biology, Lund University; Lund, Sweden (April, 2012)
·      Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Worcester, Massachusetts (February, 2012)
·      Southeast Regional Sea Turtle Symposium; Jekyll Island, Georgia (February, 2012)
·      Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Charleston, South Carolina (January, 2012)
·      Friday Lecture Series, Rockefeller University; New York, New York (December, 2011)
·      Symposium on Advances in Animal Migration, American Geophysical Union meeting; San Francisco, California (December, 2011)
·      Spectrum Lecture Series, Denison University; Granville, Ohio (November, 2011)
·      Cognitive, Sensory and Behavioral Frontiers Symposium, American Fisheries Society Meeting; Seattle, Washington (September, 2011)

• Sensory Neuroecology Symposium, Animal Behavior Society/International Ethological Conference; Bloomington, Indiana (July, 2011)

·      International Sea Turtle Symposium; San Diego, California (April, 2011)
·      Animal Navigation Symposium, Royal Institute of Navigation; Reading, England (April, 2011)

• Oregon Hatchery Research Center; Alsea, Oregon (February, 2011)
• Lund University Sensory Ecology Class (international graduate class in Lund, Sweden) (October, 2010)
• Hatfield Marine Science Center; Newport, Oregon (May, 2010)
• Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana (April, 2010)
• Integrative Migration Biology Symposium, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Seattle, Washington (January, 2010)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus; Loudoun County, Virginia (December, 2009)
• Invertebrate Medicine Club, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University; Raleigh, North Carolina (October, 2009)
• Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of California at Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz, California (June, 2009)
• International Sea Turtle Symposium; Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (February, 2009)
• Mon Repos Conservation Park; Mon Repos, Queensland, Australia (February, 2009)
• University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences; Morehead City, North Carolina (November, 2008)
• Lund University Sensory Ecology Class (international graduate class in Lund, Sweden) (October, 2008)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Seattle, Washington (May, 2008)
• Galapagos Initiative Symposium, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador (May, 2008)
• Kenneth Roeder Memorial Lecture, Department of Biology, Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts (April, 2008)
• Animal Navigation Symposium, Royal Institute of Navigation; Reading, England (April, 2008)
• Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University; Ithaca, New York (February, 2008)
• Department of Biology, University of Virginia; Charlottesville, Virginia (February, 2008)
• Bauer Foundation Colloquium Series, Brandeis University; Boston, Massachusetts (February, 2008)

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