Education
  • Ph.D. Zoology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Dec. 1997. Dissertation title: Mechanisms of coexistence between corals and coral-feeding butterflyfishes: territoriality, foraging behavior, and prey defense.
  • B.A. Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. May 1988.

Senior Scientist in the National Center for Natural Products Research
Adjunct Professor of Biology

The ecological functions of marine natural products, focusing on the roles of secondary metabolites in host-pathogen and predator-prey interactions

- NIUST Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Multi-Task Research Proposal

-Protein responses of seagrass beds to oil contamination