and managed large and meso-scale experiments, analyzed and disseminated data through professional channels, and managed four employees. Under my supervision the facility achieved the highest level of shrimp production in its history.

• Biologist, SC Dept. of Natural Resources, Waddell Mariculture Center, May 2008 – July 2009 I assisted with various animal husbandry efforts, managed a three month-long experiment comparing two shrimp diets (a fish-free diet and a conventional fish-containing diet), and published several papers.

• Research Assistant, The University of Charleston, March 2007 – May 2008

As part of a M.S. Thesis project, I helped to plan and implement an experiment analyzing the effects of shrimp diets and various management regimes on communities of microorganisms and chemical cycling dynamics within shrimp aquaculture systems.

AWARDS:

• Top Article in the Aquaculture Advocate Magazine 2017
• Distinguished Early Career in US Aquaculture – US Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture America 2011, New Orleans, LA
• Best Student Poster, 2nd Place – US Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture America 2011, New Orleans, LA
• Best Abstract/Travel Award – World Aquaculture Society, World Aquaculture 2010, San Diego, CA
• Best Student Presentation, 3rd Place – 2010 Graduate Student Symposium, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, MS
• Best Abstract/Travel Award – US Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture America 2008, Orlando, FL.
• Jack Bayless Best Presentation Award – SC Fishery Workers Association/SC Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Joint Meeting, Santee, SC 2008
• oNumber one ranked article for the year in this widely read magazine
• oRankings based on page views, social media shares, and reader feedback

TEACHING COMPETENCY:

Highlights

• oTeaching as a faculty member of an accredited university since Summer of 2013
• oServed as primary advisor for nine M.S. students, and co-advisor for 13 M.S. students
• oMentored 13 undergraduate students as research assistants, and eight as an academic mentor
• oMentored seven high school students, and four interns

• University Courses

• oRecirculating Aquaculture (AQU 470; 3 CH) – Kentucky State University
• Developed a detailed plan for the course, it is fully approved by Faculty Senate
• Fall 2023, to be offered annually going forward
• oRecirculating Aquaculture (AQU 570; 3 CH) – Kentucky State University
• Developed a detailed plan for the course, it is fully approved by Faculty Senate
• Fall 2023, to be offered annually going forward
• oWater Quality Management (AQU 460; 3 CH) - Kentucky State University
• Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
• oWater Quality Management (AQU 560; 3 CH) - Kentucky State University
• Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
• oWater Quality Management Laboratory (AQU 461; 1 CH) - Kentucky State University