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.