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An overview of my responsibilities for each aspect of my position include:
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Conducting wildlife research, both basic and applied, in collaboration with Unit cooperators as well as for other clients of the U. S. Geological Survey.
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Provide an Applied Spatial Ecology Workshop to cooperators annually that include personnel from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Game Commission, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service along with individuals from other universities and non-profit organizations that wish to attend.
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Contribute to PSU by mentoring graduate students, teaching graduate-level courses, and serving on university committees
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Member of the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology where I serve on program committees, advise graduate students, and serve on graduate committees.
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Teach a graduate level course in Applied Spatial Ecology using Program R. I have an active role in our department that includes being on Graduate Exam committees, deciding curriculum requirements for graduate students, and participating in departmental seminars, functions, and interactions typical of faculty in a university setting.
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Manage several research labs, which includes supervising a Laboratory Manager and Research Technologist, hiring technicians, and managing budgets for projects that use the labs. These labs include:
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Spatial Epidemiology
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Landscape Genetics
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Spatial Ecology
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Securing funding through competitive grant proposals to support research, developing study designs, organizing field components, arranging program of study, and data analysis/preparation of manuscripts from theses and dissertations
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Responsible for maintaining numerous databases and archiving metadata for hundreds of thousands of data that includes telemetry locations, genetic samples, and disease surveillance datasets collected in my laboratories or provided by collaborating agencies.