Faculty and Staff

Title: Professor

Education:
Stuyvesant H.S. (Science and Math) 1970
B.S. (Biology-Honors) Tulane University, 1974
M.S. (Biology-Animal Behavior) Tulane University, 1976
Ph.D. (Biology-Human Genetics) Tulane University, 1980
Post Doctoral Fellow (Genetic Epidemiology) Louisiana State University Medical Center -- Specialized Center of Research-Atherosclerosis (SCOR-A). Departments of Medicine & Biometry and Genetics. 1980-1985

Area(s) of Specialty: Genetics, Herpetology, Human Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology, Endangered Species

Research Interests: Genetics, Herpetology, Ecology, Conservation and Natural History Turtles, Evolution, Conservation Biology, Toxicology, Genetic Epidemiology, Zoo Biology

Recent Courses Taught:  Genetics, Embryology, Evolution, Field Herpetology, International Environmental Issues - Amazonia, Great Lakes Environmental Issues, Zoology Seminar, Molecular Genetics, Natural Science in the Human Context