Professional Service
- Role: Member. Entity: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Selection Committee for the Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 2019 - present
- Role: Member. Entity: American Association of University Women Grants Selection Committee. 2019 - present
- Role: Member. Entity: Center for the Study of Biodiversity in Amazonia (Ceba) International Scientific Advisory Board, Toulouse, France. 2019 - present
- Role: Member. Entity: Smithsonian Institution Scientific Advisory Board, ForestGeo, Washington DC. 2018 - present
- Role: Member. Entity: American Academy of Arts and Sciences Membership Panel. 2016 - 2017
- Role: Board Member. Entity: PeerJ Editorial Board. 2012 - present
- Entity: National Science Foundation Panel Member. 2012 - 2012
- Entity: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama Organized a Symposium on Sustainable Uses of Biodiversity (in Spanish), Panama. 2010 - 2010
- ICBG, Panama, our technicians give monthly talks to public school children In Panama. 2010 - present
- CICRA, Peru, our graduate students leads nature presentations for children and parents in gold-mining communities along the Madre de Dios River in Peru. 2010 - present
- American Society of Naturalists. 2008-2010 Nominating Committee 2009-2010 Chair. 2008 - present
- Entity: International Journal of Ecology Editorial Board. 2008 - present
- Entity: Gehry Museum of Biodiversity, Panama Scientific Advisor. 2007 - present
- Entity: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama BCI Steering Committee. 2001 - present
- Entity: Chemoecology Editorial Board. 1996 - present
- Entity: Oecologia Editorial Board,. 1992 - present
Internal Service
- RPT Selection Board. 2020 - present. service.
- Diversity Recruiting Committee. Member, 2019 - 2020. service.
- Rising Star Committee. Member, 2019 - present. service.
- Distinguished Professor Nominating Committee. Member, 2019 - present. service.
- Admissions Committee. Member, 2018 - present. service.
- Seminar Series Committee. Committee Member, 2017 - present. service.
- Faculty Mentors for The National Diversity in STEM Conference (SACNAS) in Salt Lake City, UT. Faculty Mentor, 2017 - 2017. service.
- Executive Committee. Member, 2016 - 2017. service.
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Membership Panel. Panel Member, 2016 - 2017. service.
- Communications Committee. Committee Member, 2014 - 2015. service.
- Center for Latin American Studies. Member, 2014 - present. service.
- Research Committee. Committee Member, 2012 - 2013. service.
- Osher Institute, lecturer in "Hidden Worlds of Science". Lecturer, 2012 - 2013. service.
- RPT Selection Board. Board Member, 2012 - 2012. service.
- Greenhouse Committee. Chair, 2012 - 2013. service.
- College of Science Council. Council Member, 2012 - 2014. service.
- Admissions Committee, Chair. 2010 - present. service.
- Graduate Council Internal Review, Department of History. 2010 - present. service.
- Latin American Studies Group. 2010 - present. service.
Honors & Awards
- National Geographic Explorer. 2020
- Bobby C. Pass Student’s Choice Speaker Award. University of Kentucky, 2020
- Fellow. Ecological Society of America, 2018
- Governor's Medal for Science. State of Utah, 2015
- Myriad Award of Research Excellence. Myriad Genetics, 2013
- William Skinner Cooper Award. Ecological Society of America, 2007
- Fellow. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006
In the Media
- Science Daily - Evolutionary arms 'chase' New study challenges paradigm on plant-herbivore coevolution. 2017. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/1708...
- Washington Post - In Panama’s rain forest, death means more life. 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-sci...
- Beating Big Oil? Ecuador's pristine Yasuni. 2014. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/09/...
- New York Times, Battle for Survival May Yield the Rain Forest’s Diversity. 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/science/battle-...
- “Esperanza en Coibanoles, La Prensa (leading newspaper in Panama). 2010.