Research experience
My research interests have spanned a range of topics, generally addressed with reptile and amphibian models as I am most familiar these organisms natural history and previous study. My undergraduate research sought to understand habitat use, distribution, and density of plethodontid ("lungless") salamanders in relation to a local stream. My Master's research aimed to describe the natural history of green pit vipers (Trimeresurus spp.) in rural and forested areas of northeast Thailand. For my doctoral study, I investigated green pit viper behavior and activity patterns- specifically how it relates to foraging ecology, speciation, subpopulations, snakebite management, and conservation of these interesting little snakes.
EDUCATION
Suranaree University of Technology
PhD. degree Environmental Biology (2018- 2022)
Green pit viper behavior and activity pattern investigation in the wild formed the core of my PhD. at SUT. My dissertation ("Comparative green pit viper behavior and activity patterns", registered on Open Science Foundation) sought to describe viper, particularly green pit viper, behavior and activity patterns at several sites to address conservation, snakebite management, ecological, and natural history concerns through non- invasive methods (no capture, handling, or intentional disturbance). Fixed cameras, motion detection machine learning, deep learning, individual identification technology, and GIS are just some of the methods I employed for these topics.
Suranaree University of Technology
MSc. degree Environmental Biology (2015- 2017)
Broadly speaking, my Master's thesis ("The spatial ecology, habitat selection, and behavior of big- eye green pit vipers (Trimeresurus macrops) in human dominated and protected areas in the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve") at SUT aimed to describe green pit viper natural history in protected natural forest and disturbed rural areas in northeast Thailand. My thesis research focused on spatial ecology, habitat selection, and behavior of white- lipped (T. albolabris), big- eyed (T. macrops), and Vogel's (T. vogeli) green pit vipers to address this theme. Radiotelemetry, GIS, occupancy modelling, and fixed cameras are just some of the methods I employed for these topics.
Humboldt State University
BSc. degree Wildlife Management and Conservation (2006- 2010)
During my senior year, I designed and implemented a study which aimed to describe habitat use, distribution, and abundance of a plethodontid salamander, Ensatina eschscholtzii, along a local stream as my final project. Interestingly, another plethodontid species (non- target), the California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus), exhibited similar habitat use as Ensatina eschscholtzii.
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) and Thailand Institute of Science and Technological Research (TISTR)
Is Sakaerat Environmental Research Station a heat island refuge for snakes? Combining movement and robust occurrence data to model snake vulnerability to changing climate (2021)
Grant to study green pit viper behavior and activity patterns within the context of temperature at the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve with the Sakaerat Conservation and Snake Education Team (SCSET).
British Herpetological Society (BHS)
Student grant scheme (2019- 2021)
Grant to study imperiled endemic Thai pit vipers.
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)
Roger Conant Grant- In- Herpetology (2019- 2021)
Grant to study imperiled endemic Thai pit vipers.
Suranaree University of Technology
Graduate study and teaching scholarship (2015- 2017, 2018- 2021)
Study assistantship for MSc. and PhD.
National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Abundance and spatial ecology of venomous snakes in human dominated landscapes near Sakaerat Environmental Research Station (2016)
Grant to study venomous snakes in rural areas of the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve with the Sakaerat Conservation and Snake Education Team (SCSET).
Thailand Institute of Science and Technological Research (TISTR)
The spatial ecology, habitat selection, and behavior of green pit vipers in human dominated and protected areas of the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve (2015- 2017)
Graduate student research assistantship to study green pit vipers in the core, buffer, and transition areas of the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve.
Rotary club, Long Beach CA chapter
Undergraduate study scholarship (2006)
Study assistantship for bachelor's degree
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Young Conservation Scientists Conference
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand (2017)
Oral presentation: Spatial ecology of green pit vipers (Trimeresurus spp.) in rural habitats in the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve
TISTR graduate student thesis presentation conference
Bangkok, Thailand (2016)
Oral presentation: The spatial ecology, habitat selection, and behavior of green pit vipers (Trimeresurus spp.) in human dominated and protected areas of the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve.
Thailand National Conference on Conservation Status, Present and Future of Biodiversity
Trang, Thailand (2015)
Oral presentation: Preliminary study of resource partitioning between big- eyed pit viper and Vogel's pit viper in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima.
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Poster presentation: Sexual dimorphism of green pit viper, Trimeresurus macrops in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima.
Western Section of the Wildlife Society
Kingsville, TX, USA (2010)
Poster presentation: A comparison of visual encounter survey and drift fence techniques to survey Great Basin Herptiles. Received 3rd place for undergraduate poster presentation competition.