EDUCATION

Program Bachelor of Science (Summa cum laude) Dates Sept 1973 - May 1977 Institution State Univ. N.Y. Coll. Environmental Science & Forestry Field of Study Entomology, minor in Botany

Program Doctor of Philosophy (with honors) Dates Sept 1977 - May 1982 Institution University of Kansas Dissertation Evolution of the lipid exocrine secretions of bees Advisor Charles D. Michener 3 months participating in the Organization of Tropical Studies (OTS) course in Costa Rica 9 months spent at the Ecological Research Station on the Swedish island of Oland in the Baltic, hosted by Jan Tengo, where I studied bee chemical ecology and learned GC and MS techniques. Funded by the Fulbright Foundation and the Sweden-America Foundation