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Research Affiliate, The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
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Distinguished Prof Emeritus, School Of Biological Sciences
Professional Service
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Role: Member.
Selection Committee for the Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
01/01/2019 - present
- American Association of University Women.
Role: Member.
Grants Selection Committee.
01/01/2019 - present
- Center for the Study of Biodiversity in Amazonia (Ceba).
Role: Member.
International Scientific Advisory Board, Toulouse, France .
01/01/2019 - present
- Smithsonian Institution.
Role: Member.
Scientific Advisory Board, ForestGeo, Washington DC.
01/01/2018 - present
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Role: Member.
Membership Panel.
06/2016 - 06/2017
- PeerJ.
Role: Board Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2012 - present
- National Science Foundation.
Panel Member.
01/2012 - 12/31/2012
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
Organized a Symposium on Sustainable Uses of Biodiversity (in Spanish), Panama.
10/07/2010 - 10/09/2010
- International Journal of Ecology.
Editorial Board.
01/2008 - present
- American Society of Naturalists.
2008-2010 Nominating Committee
2009-2010 Chair.
01/2008 - present
- Gehry Museum of Biodiversity, Panama.
Scientific Advisor.
01/2007 - present
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
BCI Steering Committee.
01/2001 - present
- Chemoecology.
Editorial Board .
01/1996 - present
- Oecologia.
Editorial Board,.
01/01/1992 - present
Internal Service
- RPT Selection Board.
01/01/2020 - present.
Department service.
- Rising Star Committee.
Member,
07/2019 - present.
Department service.
- Distinguished Professor Nominating Committee.
Member,
07/2019 - present.
University service.
- Diversity Recruiting Committee.
Member,
07/2019 - 06/2020.
College service.
- Admissions Committee.
Member,
07/2018 - present.
Department service.
- Seminar Series Committee.
Committee member,
07/2017 - present.
Department service.
- Faculty Mentors for The National Diversity in STEM Conference (SACNAS) in
Salt Lake City, UT
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Faculty mentor,
01/2017 - 12/2017.
Other service.
- Executive Committee.
Member,
07/2016 - 07/2017.
Department service.
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Membership Panel .
Panel member,
06/2016 - 06/2017.
Other service.
- Center for Latin American Studies.
Member,
07/2014 - present.
University service.
- Communications Committee.
Committee Member,
07/2014 - 07/2015.
Department service.
- Research Committee.
Committee Member,
06/2012 - 07/2013.
University service.
- College of Science Council.
Council Member,
01/2012 - 12/31/2014.
College service.
- Greenhouse Committee.
Chair,
01/2012 - 12/31/2013.
Department service.
- Osher Institute, lecturer in "Hidden Worlds of Science".
lecturer,
01/2012 - 12/31/2013.
University service.
- RPT Selection Board.
Board Member,
01/2012 - 12/31/2012.
Department service.
- Graduate Council Internal Review, Department of History.
01/2010 - present.
University service.
- Latin American Studies Group.
01/2010 - present.
University service.
- Admissions Committee, Chair.
01/2010 - present.
Department service.
Community Partnership
- CICRA, Peru, our graduate students leads nature presentations for children and parents in gold-mining communities along the Madre de Dios River in Peru.
01/2010 - present
- ICBG, Panama, our technicians give monthly talks to public school children In Panama.
01/2010 - present
Outreach
- Science Day at the U Workshop for high school students.
11/2019 - 11/2019
- Featured on Rapid Ecology Rapid Ecology blog
https://rapidecology.com/2019/02/11/reflections-on-papers-past-revisiting-coley-1983/.
02/2019 - 02/2019
- College of Science - Science Day at the U for high school students.
11/03/2018 - 11/03/2018
- “The Extreme Plants Traveling Sideshow”, a free, theatrical program at The Natural History Museum of Utah (broader impacts--Inga project)
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01/2017 - 12/2017
- Lecture at the Natural History Museum of Utah -- Biodiversity in the Rainforest: The Hidden World of Nature’s Toxins.
06/2016 - present
- Hosted 5 high school students in our lab for “Granite District Senior Shadowing Day”.
01/2016 - 06/2016
- Science Movie Night, Rainforests and Drug Discovery, SLC Public Library, UT.
06/2013 - present
Honors & Awards
- Bobby C. Pass Student’s Choice Speaker Award.
University of Kentucky,
07/2020
- National Geographic Explorer.
07/2020
- Fellow.
Ecological Society of America,
06/2018
- Governor's Medal for Science.
State of Utah,
04/2015
- Myriad Award of Research Excellence.
Myriad Genetics,
10/2013
- William Skinner Cooper Award.
Ecological Society of America,
06/2007
- Fellow.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
06/2006
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