| Research Grants: 2005-2008 CALFED – Co-PI – Foodweb support for threatened delta smelt ($1,170,000) 2003 Departmental Fellowship - Winter ($6,000) – University of California, Los Angeles 2002 Departmental Research Award ($450) – University of California, Los Angeles 2002 Departmental Fellowship - Fall ($6,000) – University of California, Los Angeles 2001-2002 University of California Coastal Initiative Research Grant ($8,761) 2001 Departmental Research Award ($1,000) – University of California, Los Angeles 2001 Departmental Travel Grant ($238) – University of California, Los Angeles 1999-2002 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship ($78,051) 1999 Tinker Field Research Grant ($1,600) – University of California, Los Angeles 1999 UCLA Latin American Center Grant ($700) – Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
| Awards and Honors: 2003 Scherbaum Award for Outstanding Research (UCLA) 2002 Best Student Paper Award ($200), Southern California Academy of Sciences 1995 Phi Beta Kappa 1995 Golden Key National Honor Society |