| Honors & Awards |
| 1989-1993 - Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1993 - Departmental Distinction, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1998-2001 - Presidential Fellowship for Water, Energy, and the Environment, Environmental Institute, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 1998-2001 - Eugene L. and Doris L. Miller Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, OSU Foundation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 1999 & 2000 - Department of Forestry Nominee for the Graduate Student Association's Phoenix Award, GSA, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 2000 - Finalist for OSU Graduate and Professional Student Association's Phoenix Award, GPSA, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 2000 - Associate Membership in Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Oklahoma Chapter 2002 - Full Membership in Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, Oklahoma Chapter 2002 - Quail Unlimited Scholarship, Cleveland County Chapter, Okalhoma |