CURRENT COURSES
Savannah State University
Spring 2023
MSCI 4904: Senior Seminar
Students explore marine career and graduate school options, prepare applications and curriculum vitae, practice interviews, discuss scientific ethics, review primary scientific literature, and produce and present a research poster.
PREVIOUS COURSES
Georgia Southern University
Spring 2020, half semester online
BIOL 3133: Evolution and Ecology
An introduction to major principles of evolution and ecology. This course covers the origin and maintenance of genetic variation, genetic change in populations over time (microevolutionary processes of selection, drift, and gene flow), and taxonomic diversification (macroevolutionary process of speciation). Students will see how this evolution and diversification are shaped by ecological interactions between organisms and their abiotic and biotic environment.
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
A consideration of environmental issues and ecological processes including interspecific interactions, community dynamics, biodiversity, and the major biomes of the world. Human impact on earth, population growth, conservation, energy production, food production, and pollution is related to those basic ecological processes.
Fall 2019
BIOL 3133: Evolution and Ecology
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
BIOL 1107L: Principles of Biology I Laboratory
Laboratory course emphasizing an experimental approach to learning major principles of molecular and cellular biology.
Summer 2019
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
Spring 2019
BIOL 5547: Marine Ecology
Course stresses ecological processes and adaptations that act to structure coastal associations and permit their persistence through time. Provides a background for students interested in research in the marine sciences. Students learn to develop good statistical designs and use various techniques to collect data in marine ecology.
BIOL 1108L: Principles of Biology II Laboratory
Laboratory survey of evolution and biodiversity, including natural selection, principles of classification, and the structure and function of the major forms of life (domains, kingdoms, and major phyla).
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
Fall 2018
BIOL 1107L: Principles of Biology I Laboratory
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Spring 2018 | Summer 2017 | Spring 2017 | Fall 2016 | Summer 2016 | Spring 2016 | Fall 2015 | Summer 2015 | Spring 2015
BIO 362: Marine Biology Lab
The coastal and oceanic biota and their relationship to the marine environment. During this course, students:
1) Identify the key organisms within a variety of marine communities.
2) Compare the characteristics (biological, physical, chemical, geological) of various marine habitats.
3) Explain the ecological role of important organisms or groups of organisms within a marine community.
4) Evaluate, discuss, and critique papers from the scientific literature.
5) Learn and demonstrate the ability to write a scientific paper based on data collected in class, including appropriate citation of background literature, hypothesis development, appropriate data analysis and presentation, and discussion of findings in the context of the scientific literature.
Savannah State University
Spring 2023
MSCI 4904: Senior Seminar
Students explore marine career and graduate school options, prepare applications and curriculum vitae, practice interviews, discuss scientific ethics, review primary scientific literature, and produce and present a research poster.
PREVIOUS COURSES
Georgia Southern University
Spring 2020, half semester online
BIOL 3133: Evolution and Ecology
An introduction to major principles of evolution and ecology. This course covers the origin and maintenance of genetic variation, genetic change in populations over time (microevolutionary processes of selection, drift, and gene flow), and taxonomic diversification (macroevolutionary process of speciation). Students will see how this evolution and diversification are shaped by ecological interactions between organisms and their abiotic and biotic environment.
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
A consideration of environmental issues and ecological processes including interspecific interactions, community dynamics, biodiversity, and the major biomes of the world. Human impact on earth, population growth, conservation, energy production, food production, and pollution is related to those basic ecological processes.
Fall 2019
BIOL 3133: Evolution and Ecology
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
BIOL 1107L: Principles of Biology I Laboratory
Laboratory course emphasizing an experimental approach to learning major principles of molecular and cellular biology.
Summer 2019
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
Spring 2019
BIOL 5547: Marine Ecology
Course stresses ecological processes and adaptations that act to structure coastal associations and permit their persistence through time. Provides a background for students interested in research in the marine sciences. Students learn to develop good statistical designs and use various techniques to collect data in marine ecology.
BIOL 1108L: Principles of Biology II Laboratory
Laboratory survey of evolution and biodiversity, including natural selection, principles of classification, and the structure and function of the major forms of life (domains, kingdoms, and major phyla).
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
Fall 2018
BIOL 1107L: Principles of Biology I Laboratory
BIOL 1230: Environmental Biology
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Spring 2018 | Summer 2017 | Spring 2017 | Fall 2016 | Summer 2016 | Spring 2016 | Fall 2015 | Summer 2015 | Spring 2015
BIO 362: Marine Biology Lab
The coastal and oceanic biota and their relationship to the marine environment. During this course, students:
1) Identify the key organisms within a variety of marine communities.
2) Compare the characteristics (biological, physical, chemical, geological) of various marine habitats.
3) Explain the ecological role of important organisms or groups of organisms within a marine community.
4) Evaluate, discuss, and critique papers from the scientific literature.
5) Learn and demonstrate the ability to write a scientific paper based on data collected in class, including appropriate citation of background literature, hypothesis development, appropriate data analysis and presentation, and discussion of findings in the context of the scientific literature.
Fall 2017
BIO 170: Biology of the Sea, online
* Instructor of record as graduate student
Introduction to marine environments, the diversity of marine life, and the role of humans in the utilization of marine resources. Study of local marine habitats, including salt marshes, sandy beaches, tidal flats, and rocky shores. Intended for non-major students who wish to develop a better understanding of the field of marine biology.
Fall 2014 | Spring 2013 | Fall 2013
BIO 105: Concepts in Modern Biology Lab
An introduction to the diversity of life and the principles governing living systems, focusing on the role of humans in the natural world. This course employs multi-media instructional materials and is designed for the non-biology major.
Stony Book University
Fall 2012
MAR 303: Long Island Marine Habitats Lab
Stony Brook Southampton Semester by the Sea, Southampton, NY
The study of six representative marine environments around Long Island. Students visit the sites on weekly field trips, measuring environmental parameters and identifying common plants and animals. Using qualitative and quantitative methods in the field and in laboratory sessions, the class determines major factors that control the biological community in each habitat.
UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING
Georgia Southern NSF REU
2019 Lauren Johnson “Synergistic effects of UVA and UVB radiation on Aurelia aurita polyps and potential coping mechanisms”
UNCW Honors Thesis Projects
2016-17 Serena Lea “Preference of polyps of Chrysoara quinquecirrha to oyster aquaculture substrates”
2016-17 Danielle Siegert “Understanding carbon flux in the wake of large-scale ecosystem perturbations”
2015-16 Anita Harrington “The relationship between zooplankton community composition and eddy structure in the Sargasso Sea”
2015-16 Erin Meyer “Iodide and temperature effect reproductive output and basal metabolism in scyphozoan jellyfish polyps”
2015-16 Margaret Redick “Histochemical analysis of melanin production in the moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita”
2015-16 Alex Lucas “Effects of UV-B radiation on growth and metabolism of two marine dinoflagellates”
2014-15 Abigail Kuhn “The effect of temperature on the respiration and growth of Aurelia aurita polyps”