Editor-in-Chief – Plant Ecology – An International Journal; 2014-present (Associate Editor; 2010-2014)

Peer-reviewed >150 manuscripts/proposals for over 60 scientific journals, publishers and funding agencies

Memberships in Professional Societies:

• Ecological Society of America
• Botanical Society of America
• Society for Range Management
• Society for Ecological Restoration
• International Association for Vegetation Science
• Association for Fire Ecology
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations

Texas Department of Agriculture – Prescribed Burn Board Member/Expert Representative (2016-2022)

Great Plains Fire Summit – Planning Committee & Presenter (2024 biannual regional meeting)

 

Texas A&M University/Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology Affiliations:

Applied Biodiversity Science Program – Participating Faculty

Interdisciplinary Research Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology – Core Faculty Member

Student Guild for the Society for Ecological Restoration – Faculty Advisor and Founding Member

Hispanic Leadership Program in Agriculture and Natural Resources – Participating Faculty

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority PhD Program – Participating Faculty

ECCB Tenure and Promotion Committee (& post-tenure review sub-committee member)

ECCB Departmental Bylaws Committee

ECCB Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

TAMU Ecology and Natural Resource Teaching Area Oversight Committee

ECCB Accreditation Team for the Society of American Forestry Degree Programs (2022-23)