POSITIONS
Present:
Professor: August 22, 1992 to date, Department of Biology, Slippery Rock University,
Slippery Rock, PA. Preparing and teaching courses in Ecology, Freshwater Biomonitoring, Aquatic and Wetland Plants, Environmental
Biology, and General Biology. Conducting research on patterns and mechanisms
of algal succession in streams and the recovery of stream ecosystems
following treatment for acid mine drainage. Directing student research in
ecology.
Associate Editor for the Journal
of the North American Benthological Socieity: 2005-present. Soliciting reviewers for and
editing manuscripts related to periphyton ecology.
Past:
Postdoctoral Research Associate: 1990-1992, Department of Forestry,
Fisheries and Wildlife, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
As part of an Office of Naval Research funded project with Kyle D. Hoagland,
examining the adhesion, biochemistry and morphology of diatom extracellular
polysaccharides. My position involved culturing algae, and designing and
conducting experiments on the colonization dynamics of diatoms in lentic, lotic and marine
habitats. I taught Advanced Limnology and portions of Limnology.
Research Associate: January 1990 - September 1990,
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon
State University,
Corvallis, OR. In connection with a project with C.D.
McIntire, S.V. Gregory and G.A. Lamberti examining
competition between herbivores in streams. Responsible for collecting,
identifying and enumerating algal samples from both laboratory and field
experiments.
Teaching/Research Assistant: 1985 - 1990, Department of Botany
and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR. Preparing and teaching laboratories
for courses in Plant Physiology. Conducting research in conjunction with C.D.
McIntire examining the effects of current regime, irradiance and herbivory on periphyton
assemblages in laboratory streams. Responsible for the algal portion of a
field experiment investigating herbivory in streams
surrounding Mount St. Helens (summer 1986).
Aquatic Biologist: 1983 - 1985, New York State
Department of Health, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, Albany, NY.
As part of a project with Karl Simpson to examine macroinvertebrate-substrate
relationships in the freshwater region of the Hudson
River. My position involved collecting samples, identifying
organisms (primarily chironomids, oligochaetes and mollusks) and analyzing data.
Teaching/Research
Assistant: 1981 -
1983, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, University
of Maine at Orono,
Orono,
ME. Preparing and teaching
laboratories in Limnology and General Biology. Conducting research on living
and fossil diatoms in low pH lakes as part of a paleolimnology
project with R.B. Davis examining the impact of acidic precipitation on the
biology of lakes.
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