Professional Service

  • Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases. Role: Member. Grant Reviewer. 05/2021 - present
  • Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District. Role: Chair . Board of Trustees. 01/2021 - 12/2021
  • American Mosquito Control Association. Role: Symposium organizer. Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT 2021 (March, virtual meeting). 03/2020 - 03/2021
  • Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District. Role: Trustee. Board of Trustees. 07/2019 - present
  • Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Role: Committee member. Conference program committee. 01/2019 - 01/2019
  • Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Role: Committee member. Conference program committee. 01/2018 - 01/2018
  • University of Saskatchewan. Review tenure package. 10/2017 - 10/2017
  • Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Role: Organizer and Chair. Conference Invited Program Symposium . 04/2017 - 04/2017
  • Association for Chemoreception Sciences. Role: Committee member. Conference program committee. 01/2017 - 01/2017
  • NSF - IOS. Role: Reviewer. Activation pre-proposal panel (virtual panel). March 2014. Written reviews of 17 proposals. Total # of pre-proposals reviewed by panel: 62. 03/2014 - 03/2014
  • NSF - IOS. Role: Reviewer. Activation pre-proposal panel. March 2013. Written reviews of 16 proposals. Total # of pre-proposals reviewed by panel: 91. 03/2013 - 03/2013
  • NSF - IOS. Neural Systems Cluster CAREER panel (virtual panel due to Hurricane Sandy). October 2012. Written reviews of 11 proposals. Total # of grants reviewed by panel: 60. 10/2012 - 10/2012

Internal Service

  • Gordon Lark Remembrance. Organizer of Program content and compere. Chair, 12/15/2022 - 12/15/2022. Department service.
  • Alumni Relations/Development. Chair, 07/2022 - present. Department service.
  • BioLuminaries seminar series: series of talks by Biology alumni aimed at providing career information to current Biology undergraduates. Organizer, 02/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Academic Senate. Member, 07/2018 - 07/2021. University service.
  • Science Day workshop. Presenter, 11/2017 - present. College service.
  • Science Day Workshop. Presenter, 11/2016 - 11/2016. College service.
  • Science Day Workshop. Presenter, 11/2015 - 11/2015. College service.
  • BioLuminaries seminar series: series of talks by Biology alumni aimed at providing career information to current Biology undergraduates. Organizer, 09/2013 - 10/2013. Department service.
  • Science Overnight orientation: speak to incoming freshmen about opportunities in science, specifically biology. Presenter, 08/2013 - 08/2013. University service.
  • Judge at SLVSEF Science Fair for Biology scholarship. Judge, 03/2013 - 03/2013. Department service.
  • BioLuminaries seminar series: series of talks by Biology alumni aimed at providing career information to current Biology undergraduates. Organizer, 09/2012 - 10/2012. Department service.
  • Science Overnight orientation: speak to incoming freshmen about opportunities in science, specifically biology. Presenter, 08/2012 - 08/2012. University service.
  • Judge at SLVSEF Science Fair for Biology scholarship. Judge, 03/2012 - 04/2012. Department service.
  • Science Overnight orientation: speak to incoming freshmen about opportunities in science, specifically biology. instructor, 06/2011 - 06/2011. University service.
  • Judge at SLVSEF Science Fair for Biology scholarship. judge, 03/2011 - 03/2011. Department service.
  • Judge at SLVSEF Science Fair for Biology scholarship. Judge, 03/2010 - 04/2010. Department service.
  • Judge at SLVSEF Science Fair for Biology scholarship. Judge, 03/2009 - 06/2009. Department service.

Outreach

  • Interview and judge finalists for the state-wide Sterling Scholar competition, science category. 02/2015 - 02/2015
  • Interview and judge finalists for the state-wide Sterling Scholar competition, science category . 02/2014 - 02/2014
  • Interview and judge finalists for the state-wide Sterling Scholar competition, science category. 02/2013 - 02/2013
  • Taught unit on habitat using insects reared in lab to elementary school children (3rd Grade). 09/2011 - 09/2011

In the Media

  • UNews.utah.edu; NSF news; ScienceDaily.com; ScienceNewsline.com; Phys.org; latesttechnology.space. 01/27/2016.