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Professional Service

Administrative Service

  • NIH-INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence) PUI Faculty Liaison, University of Central Arkansas, Spring 2015 – Spring 2018

  • Plant Imaging Consortium (NSF/EPSCoR Track II), Campus Champion University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2014 – Fall 2017

  • Arkansas Center for Plant Powered Production P3 (NSF/EPSCoR), Management Team and University of Central Arkansas Campus Lead, Fall 2012 – Fall 2015

University, College, and Departmental Service

University

  • Member of the Graduate Council, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2014 - present

  • Member, Search Committee (Grant Writer, Sponsored Programs Office, 2017/18)

  • Research, Scholarship and Creativity Award Committee (January 2016-2017)

College

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee (Organic Chemist, Chemistry, 2018)

  • Member of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CNSM) University Research Council Committee, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2013 - Spring 2016

  • Review Committee Member, CNSM Outstanding Student (Spring 2014)

Departmental

  • Member of the Biology Graduate Committee, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2015 - present

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee (Plant Physiologist, Biology, 2017/18)

  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee (Neuroscience, Biology, 2016/17)

  • Chair, Department Chair's Advisory Committee (August 2015 - April 2016)

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee (Population Genetics, Biology, 2015/16)

  • Member, Biology Department 10-year Review Committee (January 2016 - March 2016)

  • Chair of the Biology Advisory/Scholarship/Awards Committee, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2015 - Spring 2016

  • Member of the Biology Curriculum Committee, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2013 - Spring 2015

  • Chair of the Biology Space & Safety Regulations Committee, University of Central Arkansas, Fall 2013 – Spring 2014

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee (Genetics, Biology, 2012/13)

Professional Service & Outreach

  • Panel member for:

  • Panel Member, NSF-NIFA Plant-Biotic Interactions (PBI), Washington DC, Feb 6 - 8, 2018

  • 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program panel

  • The USDA/NIFA/AFRI Fellowship Program, Washington DC, May 20-23, 2014

  • The USDA/NIFA/AFRI Fellowship Program, Washington DC, May 14-17, 2013

  • Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), ADHE, Arkansas, 2013/15/16/18

  • Grant proposal reviewer for:

  • KY Science and Engineering Foundation, February 2016 - April 2016

  • NSF Collaborative Research: Dimensions US-China, 2014

  • NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP), Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), 2013

  • NSF Collaborative Research: Dimensions US-China, 2013

  • Next Gen Sequencing Project, Arkansas Center for Plant Powered Production P3 (NSF-EPSCoR), 2013

  • Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) Program, 2012

  • Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) Program, 2010

  • Editorial Board, Frontiers in Microbiology and Plant Science (Plant-Microbe Interaction)

  • Manuscript reviewer for Frontiers in Microbiology and Plant Science, Plant & Soil, New Phytologist, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant Biosystems, and Symbiosis journals.

  • Member of the Post-doctoral Organizing Committee for the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress, Madison, WI, Aug 9-15, 2009

  • Moderator of the Graduate and Post-doctoral Fellow Forum, the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress, Madison, WI, Aug 9-15, 2009

  • Organizing member of Education Workshop: Observation of Living Material, the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress, Madison, WI, Aug 9-15, 2009

  • Participated in the Research Mentor Training Workshop, Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning, UW-Madison, WI, June-Aug, 2009

  • Trained K-12 minority students, PEOPLE program at UW-Madison

  • Mentor for the PlantingScience Master Plant Science Team (MPST), 2010-2011

  • Outreach activities: Science Nights at Mayflower School, AR; Darwin Day, MLK Day of Science, Family Horticulture Day, and the Madison Children Museum.

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