Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, Murray State University, KY, July 2014-present. Post-doctoral Research Associate and NIH-post doctoral fellow Advisor: Dr. Armin P. Moczek; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Post-doctoral Research Associate Advisor: Dr. William E. Wagner Jr.; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior) Advisor: Dr. Johannes Schul; University of Missouri, Columbia, MO M. S. in Biology (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior) Advisors: Dr. Otto von Helversen & Dr. Johannes Schul, Friedrich-Alexander University-Erlangen

Evolution (esp. sexual and natural selection), animal behavior, communication, mate finding and choice, parasitism, and phenotypic plasticity.