William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
Department of Biology
North Carolina State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on populations, communities, and ecosystems; Consequences of biodiversity loss, nitrogen deposition, and other global changes for trophic structure; Spatial ecology; Application of ecological theory to conservation and management
EDUCATION:
- 1997 Ph.D., Ecology, University of Georgia; Advisor: Ron Pulliam
- 1991 B.S., Biology with honors, Stanford University; Thesis Advisor: Paul Ehrlich
EXPERIENCE:
- 2012- William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University
- 2012- Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University
- 2011-2012 Professor, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University
- 2003- Undergraduate Coordinator, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Concentration, NC State University
- 2006-2007 Sabbatical Scholar, UC-Davis; Host: Dr. Marcel Holyoak
- 2005-2011 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University
- 1999-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University
- 1997-1999 Post-doctoral researcher, University of Minnesota, Advisor: Dave Tilman
- 1990-1997 Researcher, Guatemala Program, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University
AWARDS:
- 2008 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow
- 2007 George J. and Rhoda W. Kriz Faculty Study Leave Award
- 2004 Outstanding Teacher Award, NC State University
- 2004 Outstanding Adviser Award, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NCSU
- 2003 Outstanding paper award in Landscape Ecology, for an outstanding contribution to the literature in landscape ecology (Tewksbury, et al. 2002)
- 2001 Conference of Southern Graduate Schools Achievement Award for New Scholars
- 1993-6 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
