Education:

PhD Ecology, Colorado State University (CSU), Spring 2023

M.S. Agroecology, UW Madison, May 2018

M.S. Entomology, UW Madison, May 2018

B.S. Horticulture, New Mexico State University (NMSU), May 2015

B.S. Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University, August 2015

Experience:

NMSU, Assistant Professor, 40 hours/week, January 2025- present

CSU Spur, Postdoctoral Fellow, 40 hours/week, February 2023 – January 2025

CSU, Doctoral Candidate, 20 hours/week, August 2018 –May 2023

CSU, Lead Instructor, 20 hours/week, August 2020 – December 2022

CSU, Teaching Assistant, 20 hours/week, August 2018 – May 2022

UW Madison, Research Gardener, 40 hours/week, May 2018-August 2018

UW Madison, Teaching Assistant, 20 hours/week, September 2017-May 2018    

UW Madison, Graduate Research Assistant, 20 hours/week, September 2015- May 2018

NMSU, Field technician, 40 hours/week, May 2015-July 2015

MARC (Maximizing Accessing to Research Careers) Scholar, 10 hours/week, August 2013-May 2015

California Polytechnic State University, Field Technician, 40 hours/week, May 2013-August 2013

Honors, Awards, and Scholarships:

CSU Career Impact Award, 2024

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellow, 2020 – 2023

CSU Extension Internship, Summer 2022

Aurora Organic Dairy scholarship, 2019- 2022

Advancing Education Scholarship, CSU, 2021

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP), 2015-2020

CSU Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (GDPE) small grant, 2019

CSU Research Mentoring to Advance Inclusivity in STEM (RMAIS) fellow, 2019

Kinney Merit Travel Award, UW Madison, 2018

Agroecology Travel Award, 2017

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) minigrant, 2016

UW Madison SciMed Graduate Research Scholar, 2015-2018

• Chaves Curriculum Vitae (CV)