Background
 
Education:

• Ph.D., Biology. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Advisor: Thomas G. Whitham
• M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Advisor: James H. Brown
• B.S., Biology. Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont. Advisor: Robert E. Engel

 
Professional Experience:

• 2017-Present. Professor. Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.
• 2017-2019. Department Chair. Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.
• 2012-2018. Chief Editor. AoB PLANTS – a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University.
• 2011-2017. Associate Editor. Biological Invasions – a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature.
• 1994-2017. Professor (2004-2017), Associate Professor (1999-2004), Assistant Professor (1994-99). Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
• 2004-09. Director, Galbreath Wildlands Preserve, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
• 1997-00. Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.
• 1993-94. SCOPE Program Coordinator and Fellow (with Harold A. Mooney). Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
• 1992-93. Bing Postdoctoral Fellow (with Paul R. Ehrlich). Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
• 1989-92. University Postdoctoral Fellow (with Andrew J. Beattie). School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• 1989. NATO Postdoctoral Fellow (with Sir John H. Lawton). Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, England.