Title

PhD Candidate

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

PhD Candidate, Ecology, University of Montana

Master's Degree

MS, 2006, Ecology, Plant-Atmosphere Interaction, Colorado State University

Undergraduate Degree

BS, 2005, Mathematics and Biology, Western Carolina University

Professional

Experience

Graduate research assistant (Fall 2009–Current)
Advisor: Dr. Steve Running (NTSG; University of Montana)
Graduate teaching assistant (Fall 2010–Fall 2012)
Dr. Steve Running (CCS203; University of Montana)
Graduate research assistant (Summer 2012)
Dr. Eric Small (University of Colorado)
Energy Biosciences Institute research retreat (Summer 2009)
Dr. Steve Long (University of Illinois) and Norman Miller (UC Berkeley)
4th global vegetation workshop (Summer 2009)
Dr. Steve Running (NTSG; University of Montana)
Field workshop in flux measurement and advanced modeling (Summer 2008)
Dr. Russell Monson (University of Colorado) and Dr. David Schimel (NEON, Inc.)
Supervised college teaching (Spring 2008)
Dr. Ingrid Burke (NR 684; Colorado State University)
Graduate research assistant (Fall 2006–Fall 2008)
Advisor: Dr. Wei Gao, NREL, Colorado State University
Undergraduate research assistant (Summer 2002–Summer 2005)
Dr. William K. Smith, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University
Undergraduate research assistant (Fall 2004)
Dr. Erin McNelis, Department of Mathematics, Western Carolina University
Undergraduate math tutor (Fall 2001–Spring 2005)

Research

Satellite Remote Sensing
Biogeochemistry
Ecophysiology
Environmental Science
Computer Simulation Modeling
Predictive Ecology

Awards

2012–Bertha Morton Scholarship, University of Montana (95th percentile in graduate performance, research, and academics; $3,000)
2012–Outstanding Student Paper Award (Oral Presentation). Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2012–Outstanding Graduate Student Performance Award (Oral Presentation). 11th Annual University of Montana Student and Faculty Research Conference, Missoula, MT.
2011–Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey ($25,000)
2010– Outstanding Graduate Student Performance Award (Poster Presentation), 9th Annual University of Montana Student and Faculty Research Conference, Missoula, MT.
2009–Graduate Research Assistantship, Numerical Terradynamic Research Group
2007–Francis-Clark Grant, Colorado State University ($5,000)
2006–Graduate Research Assistantship, UV-B Monitoring and Research Program
2000–Founder’s Full-Tuition Scholarship, Western Carolina University ($25,000)

Society Affiliations

American Geophysical Union
Ecological Society of America

Journal Referee

BioResources
Ecological Applications
Ecological Modelling
Global Change Biology

http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/sites/ntsg.umt.edu/files/u21/CV2012.pdf