Director of WBUonline

• Jan 2023 - Present

Assistant Director of WBUonline

• Jun 2022 - Jan 2023

Distance Education Specialist & Administrator

• Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

Associate Professor of Restoration Ecology

• Jul 2015 - Jan 2021

Au Sable is a comprehensive biological field station that offers field-oriented summer courses and research-based internships for undergraduate students in North America. I have taught here in summer 2015 and 2018 and will continue in even-numbered years. I teach a course in restoration ecology during the summer II term. Through hands-on learning in the outdoors, engaging professors who integrate faith into their instruction, and a supportive community of friends, Au Sable inspires and educates… Show more Au Sable is a comprehensive biological field station that offers field-oriented summer courses and research-based internships for undergraduate students in North America. I have taught here in summer 2015 and 2018 and will continue in even-numbered years. I teach a course in restoration ecology during the summer II term. Through hands-on learning in the outdoors, engaging professors who integrate faith into their instruction, and a supportive community of friends, Au Sable inspires and educates students to serve, protect and restore God’s earth. Show less Au Sable is a comprehensive biological field station that offers field-oriented summer courses and research-based internships for undergraduate students in North America. I have taught here in summer 2015 and 2018 and will continue in even-numbered years. I teach a course in restoration ecology during the summer II term. Through hands-on learning in the outdoors, engaging professors who integrate faith into their instruction, and a supportive community of friends, Au Sable inspires and educates… Show more Au Sable is a comprehensive biological field station that offers field-oriented summer courses and research-based internships for undergraduate students in North America. I have taught here in summer 2015 and 2018 and will continue in even-numbered years. I teach a course in restoration ecology during the summer II term. Through hands-on learning in the outdoors, engaging professors who integrate faith into their instruction, and a supportive community of friends, Au Sable inspires and educates students to serve, protect and restore God’s earth. Show less

Freelance Writer - Nature, Sustainability, Restoration, Urban Ecology

• Feb 2010 - Jan 2021

Associate Professor Of Biology

• Jan 2009 - Jan 2021

Courses I regularly teach at HSU: Undergraduate majors biology (blended), general ecology, bioinformatics, computational biology & data visualization (online), nutrition (online), non-majors life science (online) Courses I regularly teach at HSU: Undergraduate majors biology (blended), general ecology, bioinformatics, computational biology & data visualization (online), nutrition (online), non-majors life science (online)

Camp Ecology Director

• 2013 - 2013

I was the Area Director for Ecology and Nature Merit Badges for Boy Scout Summer Camps. I was the Area Director for Ecology and Nature Merit Badges for Boy Scout Summer Camps.

Bioinformatics Developer and Programmer

• Jun 2002 - Aug 2005

I held this postion while I was in the Biology doctoral program. I developed computer programs using the Perl programming language to process large volumes of DNA sequence data generated by DNA microarray robots. Organisms studied in the laboratory or in collaboration with other labs included the chicken pineal gland, mouse retinal tissue, the plant Arabadopsis, and zebrafish. I also configured and managed large terabyte data farms, Linux servers, and databases. I held this postion while I was in the Biology doctoral program. I developed computer programs using the Perl programming language to process large volumes of DNA sequence data generated by DNA microarray robots. Organisms studied in the laboratory or in collaboration with other labs included the chicken pineal gland, mouse retinal tissue, the plant Arabadopsis, and zebrafish. I also configured and managed large terabyte data farms, Linux servers, and databases.

Technology Integration Consultant

• 1997 - 2001

My clients were Lockheed-Martin in Fort Worth (F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics) and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Railway (Railway network communications) in Fort Worth. My clients were Lockheed-Martin in Fort Worth (F-16 Fighting Falcon avionics) and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Railway (Railway network communications) in Fort Worth.

Consultant

• 1997 - 2001