I am a proud native of Vicksburg, Mississippi and currently serve as the Water Program Leader for the Tennessee Wildlife Federation in Nashville. I provide the science that guides policy decisions on conservation of water resources in Tennessee. My career research and teaching interests include ecology, conservation, and management of freshwater fishes, mussels, and other benthic invertebrates. I have been fortunate to spend my career working in polaces and collaborating with students and other professionals fish and invertebrate ecology and conservation in some truly amazing places in the Southeastern U.S. and Lake Erie.
B.S., Univ. of Southern Mississippi, 1997 | M.S., Univ. of Southern Mississippi, 2005 | Ph.D., Mississippi State University, 2008
