Background
Education:
- Ph.D. 1989 (Biology), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (1986-89). Advisor: Thomas G. Whitham
- M.S. 1986 (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1983-86). Advisor: James H. Brown
- B.S. 1982 (Biology), Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont (1978-82). Advisor: Robert E. Engel
Professional Experience (postdoctoral only):
- 1994-Present. Professor (2004-Present), Associate Professor (1999-2004), Assistant Professor (1994-99). Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
- 2011-Present. Associate Editor. Biological Invasions – a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer.
- 1998-10. Member of the Board of Directors, Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, California.
- 2004-09. Director, Galbreath Wildlands Preserve, School of Science & Technology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
- 1997-00. Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
- 1993-94. SCOPE Program Coordinator and Fellow (with Harold A. Mooney). Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
- 1992-93. Bing Postdoctoral Fellow (with Paul R. Ehrlich). Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
- 1989-92. University Postdoctoral Fellow (with Andrew J. Beattie). School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- 1989. NATO Postdoctoral Fellow (with John H. Lawton). Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, England.