BS from University of Florida, major zoology, 1978.

MS from University of South Florida, major marine biology. Thesis title: The vertical distribution and feeding ecology of sergestid shrimp (Decapoda; Natantia) in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, 1989.

Adjunct professor, St. Petersburg Junior College, 1986 to 1989.

Marine Research Associate at the Florida Fish and Wildlfe Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlfe Research Institute in St. Petersburg, FL, Jan 1990 to Jan 2000.

Senior Environmental Specialist, Pinellas County Department of Environment and Infra-structure, Natural Resources Section, Jan 2000 to present.

Adjunct professor, St. Petersburg College, fall 2005 to present.