Teaching & Outreach

TEACHING

I have taught several introductory level and advanced biology courses at Villanova University & the City College of New York. For 2018-2019, I will be funded through a CUNY Dissertation Fellowship, but please feel free to contact me for previous course materials.

MENTORSHIP/INTERNSHIPS

This year I will be co-mentoring a pair of SRMP students with Dr. Marcelo Gehara through the AMNH – for more info on our project, check out the srmp4life website

Marcelo & I are also mentoring a pair of high school students from Cold Spring Harbor’s Urban Barcode Research Program – stay tuned for updates regarding this project!

For interested applicants, either those in the SRMP program or from the NYC area, check out this presentation about the kind of work I am interested in pursuing with undergraduate or high school students!

OUTREACH

Scientific communication is especially important to me because many of the exotic and unique species that I study are drastically misunderstood! I participate in many of the AMNH education & outreach events – you can contact me regarding public talks, lectures, and general snake/education inquiries .

Conserve Wildlife New Jersey: Amphibian Migration Survey
Blackrock Forest summer Science Camp – Cold Blooded Creatures!
ID Day at the AMNH – Oceans Edition!
ID Day at the AMNH – Oceans Edition!
Conserve Wildlife New Jersey: Amphibian Migration Survey
Museum day at the AMNH
Q&A at Sci Cafe after Frank’s talk!
Biology on Tap: Island Edition
Blackrock Forest summer Science Camp – Cold Blooded Creatures!
Talking about chameleons to local Malagasy communities
Behind the scenes high school tour event, AMNH
Biology on Tap: Island Edition…and a push for #hemipenediaries
Biology on Tap: Island Edition – explaining what a herpetologist actually does
Metropolitan Society of Natural Historians: Behind the Scenes of the Department of Herpetology: Research in Museum Collections
Museum Day at the AMNH
Biology on Tap: Island Edition…and a push for #hemipenediaries
Museum Day at the AMNH
ID Day at the AMNH
Blackrock Forest summer Science Camp – Cold Blooded Creatures!
ID Day at the AMNH – Oceans Edition!
AMNH Science and Nature Program Museum Investigations in Science
Behind the scenes tour event of the Department of Herpetology
Behind the scenes tour event, AMNH
Behind the scenes tour event of the Department of Herpetology
Blackrock Forest summer Science Camp – Cold Blooded Creatures!
Blackrock Forest summer Science Camp – Cold Blooded Creatures!
Behind the scenes tour event of the Department of Herpetology
AMNH Science and Nature Program Museum Investigations in Science
Blackrock Forest summer Science Camp – Cold Blooded Creatures!
AMNH Science and Nature Program Museum Investigations in Science
AMNH Science and Nature Program Museum Investigations in Science
Blackrock Forest summer Science Camp – Cold Blooded Creatures!
discussing evolution with AMNH Science and Nature Program Young Scientists