Education
1988 – Ph.D., Aquatic and Population Biology: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Dissertation: Factors regulating predation on crab embryos by the nemertean Carcinonemertes: The role of host ecdysteroids. Dr. Armand Kuris: Major Professor and Dr. Ernest Chang (Adjunct co-major professor)
1976 – M.A., Marine Biology: San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. Thesis: The accumulation of copper in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Dr. Joel Gustafson: Major Professor.
1971 – A.B., Zoology: University of California, Berkeley, CA. Drs. Ralph Smith and Cadet Hand: Undergraduate Mentors
Honors and Awards
2009 Spencer Seager College of Science Distinguished Teaching Award
‘05 ‘00 ’96 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Award
1981-86 Sea Grant Trainee, California Sea Grant College, La Jolla, CA
Professional Experience
2017 – Present – Professor Emeritus of Zoology Weber State University, Ogden, UT
2004 – Current – Professor, Department of Zoology Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1999 – 2004 – Associate Professor, Department of Zoology Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1998 – 1999 – Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1996 – 1997 – Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
1990 – 1996 – Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
1989 – 1990 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL (Dr. John Freeman: Project Director) Cell growth and development in eyestalk-ablated grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio
1987 – Research Assistant, Institute of Marine Resources, California Sea Grant College, La Jolla, CA
1987 – Teaching Assistant (Problems in Marine Biology) Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis,CA
1986 – Research Assistant, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, University of California, Davis, CA
1977 – 1981 – Staff Research Associate II, Sanitary Engineering & Environmental Health Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1976 – 1977 – Staff Research Associate I & II, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1976 – Instructor for Marine Biology, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
1973 – 1975 – Staff Biologist, Bodega Bay Institute of Pollution Ecology, Berkeley, CA (Dr. Robert W. Risebrough: Director)
Master Theses
Heslin, L.B. 1995. Cd, Cr,and Pb accumulation in the tissues of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Southeastern Louisiana University
Church, D.R. 1996. Seasonal variation of plasma testosterone titers in male red back salamanders, (Plethodon cinereus). Southeastern Louisiana University
Society and Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology
The Crustacean Society
National Center for Science Education
Western Society of Naturalists
