Services

Committee Membership (LLU)

  • Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Council (07/2021 - 07/2022)
  • SST Research Committee (09/2005 - 09/2008)
  • University Learning and Technology Committee (01/2004 - 09/2008)
  • Department of Earth & Biological Sciences Administrative Committee (09/2002 - Present)
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies General Council (07/2005)

Committee Membership (non-LLU)

  • International Sea Turtle Society Board of Directors (03/2020 - Present)

Community Service

  • Invited – Presenter. American legion Yacht Club. 26, October, 2022. Newport Beach Yacht Club. (10/2022 - Present)
  • Invited – Presenter. Guest Classroom Speaker (via Zoom), Laura Duncan’s Grade 4 Class. Hertford, North Carolina. May 16, 2022. (Audience: 20) (05/2022 - Present)
  • Invited – Presenter. Duke University undergraduate student seminar. Zoom recording with Kellye Stewart and Matthew Godfrey. March 17, 2021. (03/2021 - Present)
  • Invited – Presenter. California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Low Desert Chapter. “Potential Impacts of Nesting Beach Loss on the SBWEMR.” February 3, 2020. (Audience: 25) (02/2020 - Present)
  • Invited – Presenter. Southwestern Adventist University Guest Lecture Series. “Here’s Looking At You; Using New Photo ID and Mapping Techniques in Sea Turtle Research.” April 4, 2019 (Audience: 35) (04/2019 - Present)
  • Invited – Presenter. South Orange County Dive Club. “Here’s Looking at You; Using New Photo ID and Mapping Techniques in Sea Turtle Research.” March 13, 2019. (Audience: 60) (03/2019 - Present)
  • Invited – Guest Classroom Speaker (via Zoom), Laura Duncan’s Grade 1 Class. Hertford, North Carolina. May 21, 2018. (Audience: 17) (05/2018 - Present)
  • Invited – Walla Walla University Biology Seminar Lecture Series, Walla Walla, WA. May 8, 2018. “Here’s Looking at You: Using New Photo-ID and Mapping techniques in Sea Turtle Research”. (Audience: 80) (05/2018 - Present)

International Service

  • President - International Sea Turtle Society (05/2023 - 03/2024)
  • President Elect (2023) – International Sea Turtle Society. (03/2022 - 04/2023)
  • 2nd Gulf of Thailand Nesting Recovery Network National Sea Turtle Workshop, Pattaya, Thailand. March 13 – 15, 2022. (03/2022 - Present)
  • 1st Gulf of Thailand Nesting Recovery Network National Sea Turtle Workshop, Koh Talu Island, Thailand. November 14 – 15, 2019. (11/2019 - Present)
  • Invited – Presenter. Montemorelos University, Montemorelos, Mexico. “What We’re Learning About Sea Turtles in Honduras.” October 25 - 26, 2019. (Audience: 1,785) (10/2019 - Present)
  • Invited – Publishing Workshop, Chulalongkorn University, 17 – 18, July, 2018. Bangkok, Thailand. (07/2018 - Present)
  • 1st ProTECTOR, Inc. – UNEP Inter-Governmental Sea Turtle Workshop, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. May 15 – 16, 2018. (05/2018 - Present)

Journal Reviewer

  • PLOS One - Academic Editor for Materials science - Structural materials Section, Dr. Hannes C Schniepp (The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia). (07/2022)
  • Marine Environmental Research – Editors-in-Chief - Professor I. Sokolova (University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany) and Dr. X-R Xu (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China). (03/2022)
  • Herpetological Conservation and Biology, Editor-in-Chief – David F. Bradford (USEPA, ORD, Landscape Ecology Branch) and Brian T. Miller (Middle Tennessee State University) (11/2021)
  • Aquatic Ecology – Editor-in-Chief, Télesphore Sime-Ngando (Laboratory Microorganisms: Genome & Environment, CNRS & Université Clermont Auvergne, France) (10/2021)
  • Invertebrate Biology – Editor-in-Chief, Michael W. Hart (Simon Fraser University, Canada). (09/2021)
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science – Editors-in-Chief, Dr. Gunnar Lauenstein (Cut Bank, Montana, USA), Professor Kenneth Leung (University of Hong Kong), Dr. Jinyu Sheng (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) (09/2021)
  • Ocean and Coastal Management – Editors-in-Chief, Jihong Chen (Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China), Bruce Glavovic (Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand), and Tim Smith (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia). (09/2021)
  • Marine Ecology – Editor-in-Chief, Craig M. Young (Oregon Institute of Marine Biology,University of Oregon, Charleston, Oregon, USA) (09/2021)
  • Global Ecology and Conservation – Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Richard T. Corlett (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) (11/2020)
  • Animal Conservation – Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Karl Evans (Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK) (06/2020)
  • Chemosphere – Open Access, Co-Editors-in-Chief – Jacob de Boer and Shane Snyder (11/2015 - Present)
  • Journal of Sea Research - Open Access, Editor – Paul Snelgrove (2014 - Present)
  • Marine Biology, Editor – Rebecca Lewison. (2013 - Present)
  • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Editors – Sandra E. Shumway, Richard N. Hughes and S. F. Thrush. (2011 - Present)
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A – Editor-in-Chief, Michael Hedrick (California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California, USA) (2017)
  • Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science – Editors-In-Chief - Kenneth J. Shapiro (Animals & Society Institute) and Emily Weiss (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)  (2017)
  • Biologia – Editor-in-Chief – F. Hindák. (2017)
  • Environmental Pollution – Editor-in-Chief – D. O. Carpenter and E. Y. Zeng (2017)
  • Herpetological Conservation and Biology, Editor-in-Chief – David F. Bradford and Brian T. Miller (2017)
  • Oecologia – Editor-in-Chief - C.L. Ballaré; R. Brandl; K.L. Gross; R.K. Monson; J.C. Trexler; H. Ylönen (2017)
  • Journal of Crustacean Research (International Advisory Board Member), Editor-in-Chief – Akira Asakura (2017)
  • Aquaculture Research - Editors - Ronald W. Hardy, Lindsay Ross, Shi-Yen Shiau and Marc Verdegem (2017)
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Editors - Thomas P. Mommsen and Patrick J. Walsh (2017)
  • Biology of the Anomura II. Guest Editor – Akira Asakura (2017)
  • Biology of the Anomura II. Guest Editor – Akira Asakura (2017)
  • Ophelia. Subject Editor – Kerstin Johannesson (2017)
  • Memoirs of Museum Victoria. Special Edition; Biology of the Anomura. Scientific Editor – Gary C. B. Poore (2017)

Society Memberships (professional)

  • International Sea Turtle Society (10/2022 - 10/2023)
  • The Crustacean Society (TCS) (11/2021 - 11/2022)
  • Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society (07/2006 - Present)
  • American Institute of Biological Sciences Office Holder - Other (03/2006 - Present)
  • The Ocean Conservancy Regular Member (01/2006 - Present)