A farm boy from Minnesota with graduate degrees in weed science from North Dakota State University (MSc) and the University of Guelph (PhD). I've conducted research as a postdoc and I've held a teaching position at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. I was a freelance scientific writer at the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph and now I'm a Curator/Instructor of Integrated Pest Management at the Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture with the Niagara Parks Commission.