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Academic appointments

  • Associate Curator, INHS Insect Collection, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2024-)

  • Affiliate Faculty, PEEC, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022-)

  • Affiliate Faculty, Entomology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022-)

  • Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, Murray State University (2018-19)

  • Adjunct, Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University (2015-19)

  • Postdoc, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas (2016-17)

Professional committees & collaborations

  • DRAGON project, Centre for Biodiversity Synthesis, Foundation for Biodiversity Research (2023-)

  • Status of Insects initiative, International Research Coordination Network, National Science Foundation (2023-)

  • Aquatic Invertebrate Technical Advisory Committee, Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (2023-)

  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Working Group, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region (2022-)

  • Odonata Expert Panel, Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Midwest Landscape Initiative (2020-22)

  • Models for Citizen Science Insect Data Working Group, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (2014)

  • Northeast Floristic Quality Index Advisory Committee, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (2009-11)

  • New York Dragonfly & Damselfly Survey Advisory Committee, New York Natural Heritage Program (2007-09)

  • Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery Team, Endangered Species Unit, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2005-11)

Editorships

Manuscript reviews 

  • American Midland Naturalist

  • Annals of the Entomological Society of America

  • Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems 

  • Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management

  • Basic and Applied Ecology

  • Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Biological Conservation 

  • Biotropica

  • Canadian Journal of Zoology

  • Diversity

  • Ecological Applications

  • Ecological Engineering

  • Ecological Entomology 

  • Ecological Indicators 

  • Ecological Restoration

  • Ecology and Evolution

  • Ecosphere 

  • Environmental Entomology

  • Environmental Management

  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

  • Forest Ecology and Management

  • Freshwater Biology 

  • Freshwater Science 

  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

  • Global Ecology and Conservation

  • Hydrobiologia 

  • Insect Conservation and Diversity 

  • International Journal of Odonatology 

  • Journal of Animal Ecology

  • Journal of Applied Ecology 

  • Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

  • Journal of Biogeography

  • Journal of Environmental Management

  • Journal of Insect Conservation 

  • Journal of Wildlife Management

  • Landscape Ecology

  • Landscape and Urban Planning

  • Natural Areas Journal

  • Northeastern Naturalist 

  • PeerJ

  • PLoS ONE 

  • Restoration Ecology

  • Scientific Reports

  • Southeastern Naturalist

  • Systematics and Biodiversity

  • Wetlands

  • Wildlife Society Bulletin 

Other reviewing service

  • ID verification, Odonata Central citizen-science platform (2021-)

  • Dragonfly Conservation book proposal, CABI Publishing (2020) 

  • Doctoral Thesis Examiner, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University (2019)

  • Odonata Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Wildlife Diversity Unit, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2013)

  • Floristic Synthesis of North America Project, Biota of North America Program (2011)

  • Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Report, Office of Water Resources (2011)

  • Northeast Regional Conservation Needs Grant Proposal, Wildlife Management Institute (2009)

  • International Collaborative Research Grant Proposal, The Swedish Research Council (2009)

  • Massachusetts Endangered Species Act Report, Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (2008)

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