• Thorobred Express Recruiting Event – Keynote Speaker
• oHopkinsville, Kentucky; January 31, 2015

Service to the Community:

• Work with Spark Community Café (Non-Profit) in Woodford County

• Work with FoodChain, Inc. (Non-Profit) in Fayette County

• Serve as Den Leader of the Lion Den in Cub Scout Pack 32, Woodford County, KY
• Serve as Assistant Scout Master in BSA Troop 14, Woodford County, KY

• Gave a Presentation to the Butler County Adult Farmers Organization

• Organized and Hosted the First Ever KSU Indoor Shrimp Farming Workshop

• Extend Research to Farmers

• Guest Instructor for the Jefferson County Master Gardeners Class

• Presentation at a Former Mentor's Retirement Celebration

• Presentation to the Frankfort, KY Kiwanis Club
• Presentation at the Rosenwald Center for Families and Children
• Departmental Seminar at the University of Kentucky

• Judge at the Kentucky Junior Academy of Science Symposium

• Guest Lecture at the University of Kentucky
• oPeriodically donate shrimp to their food program which provides meals for underserved community members, as part of a grant-funded partnership.
• o2019 to present
• oSet up a shrimp aquaculture system and made improvements to aquaponics systems as part of a grant-funded partnership. These systems are used to help educate the community about urban agriculture methods.
• o2019 to present
• o2023 – present
• o2023 – present
• oPresentation was an overview of aquaculture and the work being done at KSU
• oFebruary 5, 2019
• oSeptember 14 and 15, 2018
• o216 attendees from 5 countries and 28 US states. 27 of the attendees were from Kentucky
• oFocused a global aquaculture spotlight on Kentucky
• oLed over 120 people on tours of the KSU Aquaculture facilities
• oInteractive and engaging discussions with World leaders in aquaculture
• oLargest indoor shrimp farming workshop, perhaps the largest shrimp workshop of it's kind
• oAnswered over 300 inquiries into shrimp farming from farmers globally
• oCurrently working with new shrimp farmers in Henry and Fayette Counties
• Helped design and get these farms started. They are currently producing shrimp.
• oOctober 17, 2017; two hour long course on aquaculture
• oRay, A.J. An Early Career in Ecology. Pre-Retirement Research Symposium, Dr. Stephen Wilson. April 28, 2017, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, USA.
• oJune 30, 2016; hour-long lunchtime presentation on KSU and KSU Aquaculture
• oAugust 25, 2016; hour-long presentation on KSU Aquaculture
• oMarch 26, 2016; hour-long seminar in the Plant & Soil Sciences Department
• oAt KSU, Spring 2016
• oOctober 1, 2014; hour-long lecture in Agricultural Biotechnology (ABT 101)