At a Glance:
Education
2016 Ph.D. in Biology with Distinction. Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Saint Louis University
and Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Dissertation title: "Climatic niche, breeding system, and fine-scale population genetic structure of
native and invasive kudzu (Pueraria montana) populations"
Advisor: Dr. Allison Miller
2004 B.S. in Biology, Honors College, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO;
Advisor: Dr. James Carrel
Experience
2015 – 2016 Dissertation Fellow, Saint Louis University
2012 – 2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, Saint Louis University; Advisor: Dr. Allison Miller
2010 – 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant (Lab and Lecture), Department of Biology, Saint Louis University
2007 – 2010 General and Advanced Placement Biology High School Teacher, Teach for America, Central High
School, Helena, AR
2005 – 2007 Immunology Research Technician, University of Missouri – Columbia; Advisor: Dr. Charles Brown
Research Funding Awarded
2013 Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In collaboration with Dr. Wang Hong (Kunming Institute of Botany)
2013 National Science Foundation East Asian and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship
2013 Saint Louis University Graduate Student Association Brennan Summer Doctoral Dissertation Award
2012 Webster Groves Nature Study Society Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology
Education
2016 Ph.D. in Biology with Distinction. Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Saint Louis University
and Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.
Dissertation title: "Climatic niche, breeding system, and fine-scale population genetic structure of
native and invasive kudzu (Pueraria montana) populations"
Advisor: Dr. Allison Miller
2004 B.S. in Biology, Honors College, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO;
Advisor: Dr. James Carrel
Experience
2015 – 2016 Dissertation Fellow, Saint Louis University
2012 – 2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biology, Saint Louis University; Advisor: Dr. Allison Miller
2010 – 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant (Lab and Lecture), Department of Biology, Saint Louis University
2007 – 2010 General and Advanced Placement Biology High School Teacher, Teach for America, Central High
School, Helena, AR
2005 – 2007 Immunology Research Technician, University of Missouri – Columbia; Advisor: Dr. Charles Brown
Research Funding Awarded
2013 Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In collaboration with Dr. Wang Hong (Kunming Institute of Botany)
2013 National Science Foundation East Asian and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship
2013 Saint Louis University Graduate Student Association Brennan Summer Doctoral Dissertation Award
2012 Webster Groves Nature Study Society Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology