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Professor, School Of Biological Sciences
Professional Service
- National Science Foundation.
Panelist.
01/01/2018 - present
- Professional Journals.
Peer reviewed articles for various scientific journals.
01/2015 - present
- Faculty of 1000.
Contributed reviews for Faculty of 1000.
01/2013 - 12/2013
- Professional Journals.
Peer reviewed articles for multiple professional journals.
01/2013 - 12/2013
Internal Service
- Microarray / Sequencing and Bioinformatics Steering Committee.
Committee Member,
07/2021 - present.
University service.
- Associate Director for Graduate Programs and Executive Committee Member.
I joined the SBS leadership team (ExCo) in the capacity of an Associate Director. A key duty of this position is to serve as an intermediate between the Directors and other ExCo m,
07/01/2020 - present.
Department service.
- Director of Graduate Studies, School of Biological Sciences.
(Chair, Graduate Program Committee): I chaired the Graduate Program Committee that oversees the SBS graduate program. 2019 was a busy year on several fronts for the graduate program, and I took the in,
09/2019 - present.
Department service.
- Participation in Graduate Programs: I participated in interviewing and recruiting graduate students through three programs at the University of Utah: 1) the Molecular Biology Program (multi-departmental), 2) the Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology (EEOB, SBS), and 3) the Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular & Evolutionary Biology (MCEB, SBS).
09/2019 - present.
Department service.
- Prelim Exam and Thesis Committees: I served on prelim (qualifying) exam committees or
thesis committees for departmental graduate students (Rebecca Bruders, Hunter Hill, and Shelly Reich). I severed on the first-year EEOB capstone exam committees for Kirsten Meredith, Keaton Smith Tremble, Dylan Klure, and Kendra Autumn, and on the first-year MECB capstone exam committees for Jasmine Phan, Katherine Piscopo, and Madison Schrock.
09/2019 - present.
Department service.
- Postdoctoral scholar host: I hosted two visiting postdoctoral scholars in 2019 for periods of ~1
to 3 months. Both scholars were from the University of Ghent, Belgium (Nicky Wybouw and
Andre Kurlovs).
09/2019 - present.
Department service.
- School of Biological Sciences Director Search Committee.
Along with Julie Hollien and Bill Anderegg in the SBS, and Matt Sigmon (Chair of Chemistry) and Marjorie Chan (Geology & Geophysics), I served on this committee tasked to identify a new director for t,
09/2019 - present.
Department service.
- Graduate Studies, School of Biological Sciences.
Director,
07/01/2018 - present.
Department service.
- Interdepartmental Transformative Excellence Program, Evolutionary Genetics Cluster Search.
Search committee member for this interdepartmental cluster hire (School of Biological Sciences and Department of Human Genetics).,
09/2017 - present.
College service.
- Microarray / Sequencing and Bioinformatics Steering Committee:.
I served on this committee (Katherine Varley, Chair) that oversees University of Utah campus-wide high- throughput sequencing resources.,
07/2017 - present.
University service.
- Genetics Training Grant Steering Committee.
member,
07/2017 - present.
University service.
- Website Committee.
chair,
07/2017 - 07/2018.
Department service.
- Research in Progress/Fusion organizer.
member,
07/2017 - 07/2018.
Department service.
- Development of materials for Learn Genetics: I worked with staff at the Genetics Science Learning Center to develop materials related to plant-herbivore interactions. This multi-year effort culminated in 2019 with the release of a video on my laboratory’s genetic studies of maize- mite interactions. Please see: https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/herbivores/.
01/2017 - 09/2019.
Department service.
- Outreach Committee: Department of Biology faculty representative for the University of Utah Science Day; organized faculty presentations for high school students and educators; presented 2 sessions on topics that my lab works on.
11/2015 - 11/2015.
University service.
- Outreach via the CSME REFUGES Program; gave 8 after-school workshop presentations to middle school and high school students participating in the University of Utah Refugees Exploring the Foundations of Undergraduate Education in Science program (REFUGES).
09/2015 - present.
College service.
- Executive Committee: Faculty member representing the Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology (MCEB) division within the Department of Biology.
member,
07/2015 - present.
Department service.
- Participated in interviewing and recruiting graduate students through 3 programs at the University: 1) Molecular Biology (multi-departmental), 2) Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology (Dept. of Biology), and 3) Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular & Evolutionary Biology (Dept. of Biology).
07/2015 - present.
University service.
- Served on the prelim (qualifying) exam committee or the thesis committee for departmental graduate students.
member,
07/2015 - present.
Department service.
- Greenhouse Committee: Faculty member on this committee that sets policy for use of the departmental greenhouses.
member,
07/2015 - present.
Department service.
- Biology faculty member organizer for the College of Science's "Science Day".
11/2012 - 11/2012.
College service.
Outreach
- Outreach via the CSME REFUGES Program: I presented four presentations in the after-school program to middle school and high school students participating in the University of Utah Refugees Exploring the Foundations of Undergraduate Education in Science (REFUGES) program.
01/2017 - 12/2017
Honors & Awards
- A Showcase of Extraordinary Faculty Achievements.
University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library & Vice President of Research,
07/2016
- Selected as AAAS Fellow.
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
11/2013