Shepherd Professor and CoDirector
Hubbard Center for Genome Studies
Department of Zoology &
Program in Genetics
University of New Hampshire
B.A., Biology, Yale University, May 1981
Ph.D., Biology, University of Colorado, May 1986.
"Genetic differentiation during speciation in the Rana
pipiens and Ambystoma tigrinum species complexes".
2001- Co-Director, Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire
1998- Professor, Department of Zoology and Program in Genetics, University of New Hampshire
1993-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Zoology and Program in Genetics, University of New Hampshire
1990- Director, University of New Hampshire DNA Sequencing Facility. Responsible for establishment and supervision of the core facility for DNA synthesis, automated DNA sequencing and microsatellite genotyping.
1989-93 Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology and Program in Genetics, University of New Hampshire. Responsible for core course in Genetics, and senior/graduate courses in population genetics, molecular evolution and quantitative genetics.
1986-89 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Allan C. Wilson, Department of Biochemistry, University of California/Berkeley. Studies of molecular evolution, particularly the evolution of animal mitochondrial DNA.
1981-86 NSF Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder. Research Assistant to Dr. Jeff Mitton for studies of the relation of enzyme heterozygosity to measures of growth in farm animals. Teaching Assistant for General Biology and Introductory Genetics.
1980-81 Lab Technician/Field Assistant for Dr. Kenneth McKaye, Department of Biology, Yale University. Studies of the behavior and genetics of Lake Malawi, Africa cichlid fish in the field and lab.