BIOGRAPHY

I received my Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1987 and then was a post-doc at the University of Minnesota from 1989-1990. For the past 10 years I worked at Utah State University as an Assistant and Associate Professor. I came to Syracuse University as a full professor in the Department of Biology in the fall of 2001.

I teach Environment and Society for incoming students, and Biodiversity and the Environmental Science Capstone course for upper-level students.

Undergraduate and graduate students are greatly involved in my research program, which explores how grazing animals modify ecosystems, how different environmental factors control biodiversity, and how human-caused modifications of carbon dioxide and nitrogen in the air affect terrestrial ecosystems. Over the past few years, my students and I have worked with large grazing mammals, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, spiders, lizards, salmanders, grasses and trees at several interesting places, including southwestern and northern Utah, Minnesota, and South Africa. For more information about my research interests and current projects, please click here.

My hobbies include painting, playing guitar, and bicycling.

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