Research Interests:

• Aquatic and amphibian ecotoxicology; biomonitoring and ecological risk assessment; evolutionary toxicology; reproductive and developmental toxicology; gene expression; biomarkers of environmental contamination, genetic and molecular toxicology; behavioral ecology; population genetics; phylogeography; landscape genetics; ecotoxicology of toxic cyanobacteria; integration of toxicological effects across various scales and levels of biological organization (molecular/biochemical/genetic effects; fitness traits; community structure, diversity, and biotic indices; population  and population genetic effects; landscape structure; climate and climate change); interaction between UV radiation and chemical stressors; effects of multiple stressors or organisms, populations, and communities; integration of ecosystem and human health; fish and wildlife as sentinels of human health risks.

Education:

• 1994, Ph.D. Molecular Toxicology, University of Tennessee
• 1988, M.S. Zoology, Ohio State University
• 1984, B.S. Ecology and Evolution, University of Illinois

Professional Experience:

• 2005-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois, University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026
• 1999-2005, Assistant Professor The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
• 1998-1999, Ecological Risk Consultant, Battelle Memorial Institute, Battelle Albuquerque Office, Albuquerque, NM
• 1997-1999, Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University, College Station, T
• 1994-1996, Postdoctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN