Education

Ph.D. GEOLOGY; emphasis Paleontology. 1994. Department of Geology, University of California Davis. Dissertation title: ``Systematics, Biogeography and Extinction of Chionine Bivalves in the Neogene of Tropical America.'' Advisor: Dr. Geerat Vermeij.



M.S. OCEAN SCIENCES; emphasis Biological Oceanography. 1988. Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania, Florida. Thesis title: ``A geometrical analysis of shell morphology in the Nodilittorina ziczac (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) species-complex.'' Advisors: Drs. Nathaniel Apter & Patricia Blackwelder.



B.Sc. BIOLOGY; May 1984. Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada. Thesis title: ``The initiation and histology of fission in the fissiparous sea-star Stephanasterias albula.'' Advisor: Dr. Philip Mladenov.