Postdoctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology. May, 2005 to May, 2007. Topic: Marine nematode systematics. Advisor: Dr. W. Duane Hope.
Doctor of Philosophy, Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, April, 2005. Dissertation: Refining the systematics of Cephalobina with molecular and morphological tools. Advisor: Dr. Steven Nadler.
Master of Science, Biology, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, December, 1997. Thesis: A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Alloglossidium (Digenea: Macroderoididae) and related genera. Advisor: Dr. William Font.
Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, May, 1993.