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Sandra Looman Talbot
    Education:
BFA   University of Alaska Anchorage, magna cum laude.
    Sculpture/Drawing
PhD   University of Alaska Fairbanks. 
    Biology
MS   Brigham Young University.
    Zoology
BS   Brigham Young University, magna cum laude.
    Range and Wildlife Management

     
    Recent Solo Exhibition:
2011   “Earth, Wind, Fire and Ice,” BFA Exhibition, Kimura Gallery, Anchorage.
     
    Recent Group Exhibitions:
2010   “The Animal Within, the Human Without,” UAA Student Union Gallery.
2010   “ExperiMetal,” International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage.
2010   “Elements of Nature,” International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage.
2010   “Chaos and Creation,” Out North Gallery, Anchorage.
2009   “UAA Sculpture Exhibit,” International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage.
2009   “Claybodies Ceramics Invitational Exhibit,” UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage.
     
    Recent Juried Exhibitions:
2010   “Juried Student Art Exhibition,” University of Alaska Student Union Gallery, Anchorage.
2009   “Juried Student Art Exhibition,” University of Alaska Student Union Gallery, Anchorage.
2008   “No Big Heads,” UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage.
     
    Recent Public Art Exhibitions:
2010, 2009   Downtown Partnership Crystal Gallery of Ice, Anchorage, AK.
     
    Publications and Articles:
    Author or coauthor of over 75 peer-reviewed published scientific papers
     
    Selected Awards and Grants:
2009   USGS Alaska Science Strategy Award.
2009   USGS Western Region Diversity Award (Supervisor)
2009   Juror’s Choice, Juried Student Art Exhibition, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage.
2009   Second Place, Downtown Partnership Crystal Gallery of Ice, Anchorage.
2008   Honorable Mention, Ceramics, “No Big Heads” Juried Art Exhibition, Anchorage.
1993-1996   University of Alaska Graduate Research Fellowship.
1978-1981   Brigham Young University President’s Scholarship
    Member, Phi Kappa Phi
     
    Internships, Workshops and Training:
2009   Internship, Makeup Artist, Anchorage Opera.
2006   Koo Schadler, Portrait in Egg Tempera Workshop, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle.
2004   Koo Schadler, Egg Tempera I Workshop, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona.
2003   Koo Schadler, Design Principles of Old Master Paintings, Brattleboro.
1996-1998   Evgeny Baranov and Lydia Velichco, Russian School of Art
     
    Employment and Professional Experience:
1998-Curr.   Director, Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Alaska Science Center, USGS.
2002-2006   Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Baja California, Ensenada.
2008-Curr.   Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biology, Humboldt State University.
2004-Curr.   Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
2008-Curr.   Affiliate Assistant Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico.
    Subject Editor, North American Fauna (Journal)
1990-1994   Wildlife Biologist/Botanist, USFWS, Region 7, Anchorage, AK.
1990-1991   Teaching Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1989-1990   Wildlife Biologist/Scientific Illustrator, USFWS, Region 7/8, Anchorage.
1986-1987   Scientific Illustrator
1984-1985   Wildlife Biologist, Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, USFWS, Galena.
1981-1983   Teaching Assistant, Brigham Young University.
1979-1981   Editorial Assistant, Raptor Research (Journal).
1979-1981   Research Technician, Plant Physiology Laboratory. Brigham Young University.
1974-1977   United States Air Force, Communications Intelligence.
     
    Synergistic Activities:
2001-Curr.   Committee member or co-advisor for 12 graduate students.
2004   Invited guest lecturer, USFWS National Conservation Training Center
1998-Curr.   Expert reviewer for >10 journals.
    Over 100 presentations (talks or posters) at scientific and academic conferences.
     
     







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