Current (2009): I am a third year PhD student in Interdisciplinary Ecology, School of Natural Resources and Environment at University of Florida. My dissertation is on the effects of market on the extraction and management of NTFPs.

2006: I received an MS in Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy from Khon Kaen University in Thailand. My thesis was on the traditional medicine and materia medica of the Kui in Northeast Thailand.

2002: As a Fulbright scholar, I completed an independent study on rural homegardens in a small village in Petchaburi province, Thailand.

2000: I received a BS in Zoology from the University of Florida.

On Wiser Earth I am part of the Open Science Network: I am on the Curriculum module development team consisting of module production  (Sunshine Brosi) and module evaluation (Gail Wagner)