Experience

Mesa Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor - Residential Faculty

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  Faculty member in the Life Sciences department. Leading district level Online Innovations Fellowship (2021-2023): 25 faculty fellows at 8 (of 10) colleges. Academic Lead in Life Science department: course scheduling, adjunct management. Course Lead: lead and facilitate faculty teams for Bio 100 and Bio 182. Senator-at-large for college faculty senate (shared governance body). Interested in high impact practices and data driven Higher Ed administration. Modalities: Z-degree, OER, in person, online (synchronous), online (asynchronous), hyflex Show less



Arizona State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2008 - Present

  Lecture instructor for large survey courses: General Biology 1 and 2, and Animal Behavior.In person, online (sync), online (asynchronous)Spring 2021: Animal Behavior ASU SYNC - live onlineSpring 2021: Bio 181 ASU SYNC - live online (with online labs)Spring 2017: Animal Behavior Fall 2012: Undergraduate ResearchSpring 2012: Undergraduate ResearchFall 2011: Undergraduate ResearchFall 2010: Individualized InstructionSummer 2010: Animal Behavior Spring 2010: General Biology I Fall 2009: General Biology ISpring 2009: General Biology IFall 2008: General Biology I Show less

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  I studied the behavioral ecology of Nearctic harvesting ants in the genus Veromessor under the guidance and fellowship support of Dr. Bert Hölldobler. Veromessor contains examples of behavioral convergence with other well-studied harvesting ants, and provides a fascinating parallel system to explore system level constraints and selective pressures experienced by large colonies of harvesting ants.



University of Connecticut

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • 2001 - 2008

  Studied territorial behavior in Solenopsis invicta (Red Imported Fire Ants) and Tetramorium caespitum (Pavement Ants). Plowes & Adams (2005) An empirical test of Lanchester's square law: mortality during battles of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Proc. R. Soc. B 272: 1809-1814. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3162 Dissertation: http://gradworks.umi.com/33/25/3325625.html Studied territorial behavior in Solenopsis invicta (Red Imported Fire Ants) and Tetramorium caespitum (Pavement Ants). Plowes & Adams (2005) An empirical test of Lanchester's square law: mortality during battles of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Proc. R. Soc. B 272: 1809-1814. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3162 Dissertation: http://gradworks.umi.com/33/25/3325625.html



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2000 - May 2001

  Conducted experiments investingating signal transduction pathways in heart tissues. Used cellular and molecular biological techniques to answer specific questions about the stimuli for and effects of Neuregulin in vivo and vitro. Kalinowski, Plowes, Huang, Berdejo-Izquierdo, Russell & Russell (2010) Metalloproteinase-dependent cleavage of neuregulin and autocrine stimulation of vascular endothelial cells. The FASEB Journal 24(7): 2567-2575. doi: 10.1096/fj.08-129072 Conducted experiments investingating signal transduction pathways in heart tissues. Used cellular and molecular biological techniques to answer specific questions about the stimuli for and effects of Neuregulin in vivo and vitro. Kalinowski, Plowes, Huang, Berdejo-Izquierdo, Russell & Russell (2010) Metalloproteinase-dependent cleavage of neuregulin and autocrine stimulation of vascular endothelial cells. The FASEB Journal 24(7): 2567-2575. doi: 10.1096/fj.08-129072



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant in the Fire Ant Lab

  • 1999 - 2000

  Performed field and lab research of fire ant biocontrol agents. Created and published key to the ant taxa in Austin. Identified and curated voucher specimens. Surveyed 13 counties for ant diversity. http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio373l/docs/ants/antkey.pdf http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/Muelleru/AntOutreach/index.html Performed field and lab research of fire ant biocontrol agents. Created and published key to the ant taxa in Austin. Identified and curated voucher specimens. Surveyed 13 counties for ant diversity. http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio373l/docs/ants/antkey.pdf http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/Muelleru/AntOutreach/index.html