Curriculum vitae

Brief CV below.

pdf version of myfullCV (UMass Dartmouth format)
(last modified 2024-08-27)

Education

Ph.D. University of Washington, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, 2012.

M.S. University of Washington, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, 2004.

BSc (Hons). University of Stirling, Marine Biology, 2000.

Experience

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2014-present, Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries Oceanography (Assistant Prof 2014-2020, awarded tenure and promoted to Associate in 2020).

Integrated Statistics / NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, 2011-2014, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecosystem Assessment Program.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 2008-2011, Research Scientist, Fisheries Modelling, Marine and Atmospheric Research.

University of Washington, 2001-2008, Graduate Research & Teaching Associate, Center for Quantitative Science, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, 2004, Fisheries Modeller, Division of Marine Research.

Research Highlights

  • Publications: 53 peer-reviewed journal articles, 11 with student/postdoc advisees as primary author. 129 technical reports. H index: 20 (Web of Science), 23 (Google Scholar); Total citations: 1,293 (Web of Science), 2,091 (Google Scholar).

  • 33 invited presentations at universities, research institutes, and professional organizations. 113 conference presentations by my research group.

  • $3.6M in research funding as principal investigator, with an additional $17.4M as co-PI and senior personnel, all while at UMass Dartmouth. In total, these 43 funded projects brought $6.1M to UMass Dartmouth, with $4.4M to my lab. 

  • Extra-mural funding sources include NOAA, NSF, The Nature Conservancy, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, New England Fishery Management Council, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).

Teaching and Advising Highlights

  • Major professor for eleven graduate students at UMass Dartmouth (6 PhD, 5 MS). Four students have graduated (2 PhD, 2MS), and two additional MS students will complete their degrees fall 2024. Three of my PhD students have been recipients of the NOAA Fisheries-Sea Grant Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Fellowship.

  • Supervisor for 4 postdoctoral researchers, 2 post-master’s technical associates, 2 undergraduate researchers, 2 high school interns, and an additional 2 lab technicians.

  • Served on the graduate thesis committee for an additional 27 graduate students at UMass Dartmouth and other universities. Served as the external examiner for 2 PhD students in Canada.

  • Developed, redesigned, and taught 6 graduate courses at UMass Dartmouth:

    • Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

    • Advanced Population Modeling

    • Science Communication for Research Scientists

    • Biological Statistics II

    • Models for Marine Ecosystem-Based Management

    • Bayesian statistics and hierarchical modeling for ecology

  • Instructor for short courses and workshops in quantitative fisheries methods, R programming, Management Strategy Evaluation, and statistical computing (ADMB & TMB) at UMass Dartmouth and for the Cooperative Institute for North Atlantic Region, ICES, and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Service Highlights

  • Member of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Scientific and Statistical Committee, and the New England Fishery Management Council Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Plan Development Team

  • Chair of the ICES Strategic Initiative for Graduate Education

  • Advisory Board member of UMass Dartmouth Office of Faculty Development

  • Chair of School for Marine Science and Technology Curriculum Committee

  • Member of fishery stock assessment working groups in the US east coast and Southeast Australia.

  • Steering committee member for 2 international conferences on ecosystem modeling, and chair or co-convenor for 6 sessions at international conferences.

  • Manuscript reviewer for 18 scientific journals, proposal reviewer for NOAA, NSF, Sea Grant, external reviewer for fisheries stock assessments and advice drafting groups.