Education

2000  Ph.D.  University of California, Berkeley
Energy and Resources Group

1994  M.A.  San Francisco State University
Biology, concentration in Ecology and Systematic Biology

1989  A.B.  Harvard University
Philosophy


Honors

Santa Fe Institute, Research Fellowship (2007-2010)

Santa Fe Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowship (2001-2003)
National Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics (2000-2002)
Department of Energy, Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined) (2000)
University of California, Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Studies (1999-2000)
Soroptimist Founder Region, Dissertation Writing Fellowship (1999)
Environmental Protection Agency, Science to Achieve Results Graduate Fellowship (1996-1999)
National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (1996)
University of California, Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Studies (1994-1996)
California Botanical Society, Graduate Student Meeting, Best Presentation, Ongoing Research (1994)
San Francisco State University, Maxwell Memorial Scholarship (1992-1993)
San Francisco State University, Biology Department Scholarship (1992-1993)
San Francisco State University, Graduate Equity Fellowship (1992)
Harvard University, Cum Laude, General Studies (1989)
Harvard University, John Harvard Scholarship, Highest Academic Distinction (1989)
Harvard University, Elizabeth Agassiz Cert. of Merit, High Academic Distinction (1986-1988)