Education:
Ph.D., Dartmouth College. 1998 - 2004
Major: Ecology and Evolution
Dissertation: “Population dynamics and community ecology of the southern pine beetle”
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Ayres
M.S., University of Wisconsin- Madison. 1993 -1996
Major: Entomology
Dissertation: “Factors affecting the performance and oviposition behavior of
the gypsy moth parasitoid, Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)”
Advisor: Dr. Ken Raffa
B.S., University of Wisconsin- Madison. 1988 – 1992
Major: Population Biology Minor: Environmental Studies
Senior thesis: “Modeling the landscape composition of resistant (Bt engineered)
versus non-resistant strains of poplar”