HONORS, AWARDS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS Fellow, Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2018 Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship, University of Georgia, 2017. Fulbright Fellow, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2017. Outstanding Teacher Award, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, 2017. UGA Teaching Academy Inductee, 2016. TEDxUGA Speaker, 2016. “Parasites: The Unlikely Heroes”. The Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Award for Excellence in Research Mentoring, University of Georgia, 2015. Finalist for Outstanding Mentoring of Graduate Research Award, University of Georgia, 2015. Outstanding Teaching Award, First-Year Odyssey Seminar Program, Univ. of Georgia, 2014. RESEARCH INTERESTS Marine community and population ecology Biological invasions Marine parasites and disease Ecosystem engineers Species range boundaries Marine reserves Conservation biology