2010 - Present | Director - The Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Center, Nova Southeastern University | |
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2006 - Present | Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Biological Sciences | |
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2002 - Present | Director - The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Biological Sciences | |
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1993 - 2006 | Assistant / Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography | |
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2000 - 2002 | Assistant Director - The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
comparative genomics, conservation genetics, conservation genomics, movement ecology, coral reef ecosystem molecular ecology, conservation biology, molecular ecology, molecular evolution, marine biodiversity, behavioral ecology, fisheries genetics, fisheries, genetic connectivity and diversity, coral reefs, sharks, rays, and billfishes
Honors and Awards
- Nova Southeastern University President's Distinguished Professor Award 2012-2013
- Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Professor of the Year Award 2012-2013
- Florida Sea Grant "Research to Application" Award: October 17, 2012
- Selected by Nova Southesatern University’s Provost’s office to represent the University Core Value of Research and Scholarship at the 2012 University Team 2020 Assembly
- Student Choice Award (for best presentation by a professional scientist), Sharks International Conference, Cairns, Australia, 2010
- Broward Business Alliance World Class Faculty Award, 2007
- Nova Southeastern University Student Life Achievement Award (STUEY) for Professor of the Year, 2006
- Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Professor of the Year 2005
- Best Student Paper Award, XIII International Seaweed Symposium, Vancouver, B.C. 1989
- Best Student Paper Prize (Harold C. Bold Award), Phycological Society of America, 1987
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada) Doctoral Fellowship , 1986 1988
- Fisheries Memorial Scholarship, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, 1988
- Cobb Memorial Scholarship, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, 1987
- Scholastic Achievement Award, Puget Sound Institute of Food Technologists, 1987
- Egtvedt Scholar, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, 198
- Faculty Merit Award, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, 1986
- Melvin G. Anderson Memorial Scholarship, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, 1985
- Simon Fraser University Open Scholarship, 1978, 1980
Courses
- Human Heredity
- Genetics
1990 | Ph.D. Molecular Marine Biology, University of Washington - Seattle Campus | |
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1984 | M.A. Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara | |
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1980 | B.Sc. Biology, Simon Fraser University | |
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