James Theodore (Trey) Melton III

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Alabama

Email: melto006@crimson.ua.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT POSITION:

Ph D  Student, Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Alabama.

August 2011- present.

Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Alabama, Fall 2011.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Phycology, Systematics, Green Algae (Ulva).

 

EDUCATION:

B.S. Biological Sciences, the University of Alabama.  May 2009.

 

Doctoral Program, Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Alabama.

August 2011- present.

Specialization: Phycology

Advisor: Dr. Juan Lopez-Bautista

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Veterinary Technician.  Banfield Pet Hospital of Hoover, AL.  July 2009- July 2011.

CYE German Foreign Exchange Program.  Teaching and preparing German high school students for their senior year of high school in the United States.  July 2010 and July 2011.

Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Alabama.  August 2011- present.

 

FIELD WORK:

March 2008.  Collected intertidal algae at Dauphin Island.

September 2011.  Collected macroalgae (primarily Ulva) from Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, and Orange Beach.

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Graduate Student Research Fund Fall 2011.  The University of Alabama Graduate School. $300

The Biological Sciences Department Travel Fund Fall 2011.  The University of Alabama. $300

Graduate Teaching Assistantship. Graduate School.  The University of Alabama.

Fall 2011 $7,227

 

AFFILIATIONS AND SOCIETIES

Phycological Society of America

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

BSC 115 Introductory Biology Laboratory.  Department of Biological Sciences.  The University of Alabama.  Fall 2011.