I am a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Rutgers University - Newark, focusing on herpetology, systematics, and evolutionary biology, and have been interested in nature for as long as I can remember. I received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University, and also spent two years as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. I have studied reptiles and amphibians globally, but am most experienced with the herpetofauna of North America, Australia, New Guinea, and Pacific islands.