B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 1994
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Florida, 2000
Kevin worked for one year (1999) as a curatorial intern in
the Department of Herpetology at the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo
while he finished his doctorate. There
he was also a founding member of Project Golden Frog, a conservation
organization he continues to serve as coordinator. Kevin then went on to work five years as
Curator of Amphibians at the Detroit Zoo.
With Herp Curator Andy Snider, Kevin oversaw the construction and
initial years of operation of the National Amphibian Conservation Center, which
won the 2002 American Zoo & Aquarium Association's Exhibit of the Year
Award. With course coordinator Andy
Odum, Kevin helped develop AZA’s Amphibian Biology & Management course,
which has run annually since 2004 with derivative courses now having run in Mexico,
Ecuador, and Colombia with plans for Venezuela and Tanzania.
During his years in Detroit, he developed adjunct associate
professor status at Michigan State University and George Mason University. In 2005, Kevin joined CBSG as the Amphibian
Program Officer, a joint position with WAZA, to help the ex situ community
develop and implement plans to stem the amphibian extinction crisis. These efforts evolved into the Amphibian Ark. Kevin and wife Lynn live on “Huellita Farms,”
their 45-acre homestead near Montezuma Wildlife Refuge in Central New York.
Kevin's Publications
