Professor, Department of Biology, Saint Louis University

Conservation Photographer, Writer, and TEDx speaker

Author

Director of Monarch Watch, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Manager of Ecological Restoration & Land Stewardship, Shaw Nature Reserve thru December 2025, Executive Director, Nachusa Grasslands January 2026

Assistant Research Professor, University of Kansas, co-founder MycoBloom

Executive Director, Citizens for Conservation

Award Winning Poet, Acclaimed Essayist & Critic

Principal and Co-Founder, Superbloom, a Denver-based Landscape Architecture firm

Horticulturalist, Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Native Seed Technician, Conservation Blueprint

Sales & Marketing, Hamilton Native Outpost

Executive Director, Missouri River Bird Observatory

Education & Outreach, Izel Native Plants

Green Infrastructure Asset Coordinator

Grassland Ecologist, Konza Prairie Biological Station; University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University

Fire & Stewardship Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy - Missouri

Education / Prairie Restoration / Concert Series Coordinator

Food Sovereignty Activists, Teachers