Dr. Doug Woodhams – Education and Appointments
Education:
2000 – 2003 Ph.D. Zoology and Tropical Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Thesis: The ecology of chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease of Australian rainforest frogs, Advisor: Dr. Ross Alford
1996 – 1999 B.Sc. Zoology, Honors College, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
Graduated with high honors.
Independent Research: Cold hardiness in two helminth parasites of the freeze-tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica. Canad. J. Zool. (2000) 78:1085-1091. Advisors: Dr. Heather Eisthen, Dr. Richard Hill, Dr. Robert Costanza
1999 Organization for Tropical Studies
Undergraduate Program, Field Tropical Biology semester abroad in Costa Rica, www.ots.ac.cr/
Appointments:
2020 – present University of Massachusetts Boston, Biology Department – Associate Professor
2014 – 2020 University of Massachusetts Boston, Biology Department – Assistant Professor
2015 – present University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment – Affiliate Faculty member
2010 – present Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama – Research Associate
2018-20 University of South Dakota, Biology Department – Adjunct Graduate Faculty member
2012 – 2014 University of Colorado at Boulder – Research Associate
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Advisors: Dr. Rob Knight and Dr. Valerie McKenzie
2008 – 2012 University of Zürich, Switzerland – Group Leader
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Ecology Group Leader: Prof. Dr. Heinz-Ulrich Reyer
2007 – 2008 James Madison University – Instructor
Department of Biology, Advisor: Dr. Reid Harris
2004 – 2007 Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Micobiology and Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Louise Rollins-Smith
2003 – 2004 National Research Service Award – Postdoctoral Fellow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Advisor: Dr. Louise Rollins-Smith