POSITIONS HELD, POST-Ph.D: California State University: Long Beach, Associate Professor, 2014-present Department of Biological Sciences California State University: Long Beach, Assistant Professor, 2008-2014 Department of Biological Sciences Florida State University/NIH, Ruth L. Kirschstein (NRSA, NIH) Post-doctoral Fellow, 2004-2007 Fellowship Title: Fluctuating Asymmetry and Developmental Stability Florida State University, Post-doctoral associate, 2003-2004 Topics: quantitative genetics of epistasis, artificial selection, selection response in finite populations Yale University, Lecturer, 2002 Courses: Population Ecology, Introduction to Statistics: Life Sciences EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Biology, Yale University, 2002 Thesis Title: On specific scenarios in molecular evolution: theoretical and computer simulation approaches Master of Science in Biology, Yale University, 2000 Master of Philosophy in Biology, Yale University, 2000 Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin: Parkside, 1996 Majors: biology, chemistry and mathematics, Minor: physics. Magna cum laude Secondary Schooling, Walden III Alternative Jr. & High School, 1983-1990