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LLOYD W. MORRISON
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Population Biology Graduate Group, University of California at
Davis. March 1995. Dissertation: Island biogeography and metapopulation
dynamics of ants. Advisor: Dr. Thomas W. Schoener.
Bachelor of Science, Biology (emphasis in Ecology), Summa Cum Laude,
Baylor University, Waco, Texas, December 1987.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Quantitative Ecologist, National Park Service’s Natural Resources
Inventory and Monitoring Program, Heartland Network, Springfield,
Missouri. September 2004 to present.
Research Associate, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary
Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural
Research Service, Gainesville, Florida. November 1999 to November 2003.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas
at Austin. April 1995 to August 1999. Advisor: Dr. Lawrence E. Gilbert.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, Missouri State
University, Springfield, Missouri. September 2004 to present.
Research Affiliate, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. May 2000 to August 2004.
Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville,
Florida. August 2000 to August 2004.
HONORS/AWARDS
High School:
Valedictorian, National
Honor Society, National Merit Commended Student.
Baylor University:
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta
Kappa Honor Society, Alpha Chi Honor Society, Outstanding Senior
in Biology, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, Alpha
Lambda Delta Honor Society, Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society,
Academic Baylor University Scholarship.
University of California at Davis:
National Science
Foundation Graduate Student Fellow, U.C. Davis Graduate Fellowship, U.C.
Davis Distinguished Scholar Research Award.
SOCIETIES
- The Genius
Society (Full Member)
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research
Society (Full Member)
- Phi Beta Kappa Keyholder
- International
Biogeography Society
COMPETITIVE GRANTS
My work has been funded by competitive grants obtained from:
- The National Science Foundation
- The National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and
Exploration
- The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Research
Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP)
- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
- The University of California at Davis’ Population Biology Center
- The University of California at Davis’ Jastro-Shields Foundation
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
I have served as a reviewer for the following journals: Proceedings of
the National Academy of Science, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology,
Journal of Animal Ecology, Ecology Letters, Oecologia, Oikos, Journal of Biogeography,
Diversity and Distributions, Biotropica, Biological Invasions, Biological
Control, Ecological Entomology, Environmental Entomology, Annals of the
Entomological Society of America, Journal of Economic Entomology,
Journal of Applied Entomology, BioControl, Insectes Sociaux, Annales
Zoologici Fennici, Australian
Journal of Zoology, Pacific Science, Agricultural and Forest
Entomology, American Midland
Naturalist, Florida Entomologist, European Journal of Entomology, and
Belgian Journal of Zoology.
I have also reviewed grant proposals for the following
organizations: National Science Foundation, International
Foundation for Science, and U.S. Civilian Research & Development
Foundation.
TRAVEL
I have traveled in 36 countries across 5 continents. Much of this was
associated with ecological fieldwork, study abroad, guiding natural
history trips, and attending international scientific meetings.
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