Email: ericha@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-646-4147
Jornada Experimental Range
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER, NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88003
- Information Technology Specialist (Data Management), USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
- Webmaster
- Incognito Webpage Enhancer
- DIMA know-it-all
- Jill-of-all-trades
Professional Experience:
- 2012 to present - Information Technology Specialist (Data Management), USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
- 2008 to 2012 - College Assistant Professor, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- 2005 to 2008 - Science Specialist, Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- 2002 to 2005 - Research Associate, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- 2000 to 2002 - Freelance Technical Writer, Department of Computer Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
- 1998 to 2000 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
- 1996 to 1998 - Medical Research Technician, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1995 to 1996 - Research Associate, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
- 1993 to 1995 - Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Ecology, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Altruistic Activities That Enhance My Work / Life Balance:
- Volunteer and webpage maintainer for Asombro Institute for Science Education
- Webpage developer for NMSU Badminton Club
Publications:
- Courtright, E. M. and J. W. Van Zee. 2011. The database for inventory, monitoring, and assessment (DIMA). Rangelands 33: 21-26.
- Karl, J., J. E. Herrick and E. Courtright. DIMA quick start. USDA ARS Jornada Experimental Range. 2011.
- Courtright, E. M., D. H. Wall and R. A. Virginia. 2001. Determining habitat suitability for soil invertebrates in an extreme environment: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 13:9-17.
- Courtright, E. M., D. H. Wall, R. A. Virginia, J. T. Vida, L. M. Frisse and W. K. Thomas. 2000. Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in the Antarctic nematode Scottnema lindsayae. Journal of Nematology 32:143-153.
- Courtright, E. M., D. W. Freckman, R. A. Virginia and W. K. Thomas. 1996. McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: Genetic diversity of soil nematodes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 31:203.
Education:
2004 | M.S. | Computer Science, Utah State University |
1995 | M.S. | Ecology, Colorado State University |
1993 | B.S. | Biology, Cum Laude, University of California, Riverside |