Education Latrobe University, Victoria, Australia. Applied Mathematics, BSc with first class honors, 1992. The University of New England, NSW, Australia. Applied Mathematics, PhD 1999. Appointments 2017-present Professor, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology Dept., University of California Riverside, CA 2015-2016 Senior Scientist, Freshwater Health Index, Conservation International, Arlington, VA 2015-2017 Professor, Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, CA 2010-2015 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, CA 2007-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, CA 2003–2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Ecology Program, San Diego State University. 2000-2002. Postdoctoral Fellow. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University California Santa Barbara. Conservation Biology. 1999–2000 Research Associate, Applied Biomathematics, Setauket, NY. 1997-1999. Postdoctoral Fellow. The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Conservation Biology.