I am currently a Research Associate at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, working in the Forest Futures Lab with Dr. Winslow Hansen.
Prior to my current appointment, I was a Columbia Science Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology and a Visiting Scientist at the American Museum of Natural History in the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, working with Dr. Mary Blair. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Landscape Conservation Initiative at Northern Arizona University (now the Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes), advised by Dr. Clare Aslan. I completed my PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut with Dr. Chris Elphick and Dr. Morgan Tingley. Past and current collaborators additionally include Dr. Sara Souther, Dr. Christina Liang (U.S. Forest Service), Dr. Aaron Shiels, Dr. William P. Haines (Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources), Martha Sample, Dr. Carrie Levine, Dr. Sasha Stortz (National Forest Foundation), Dr. Judith L. Bronstein, Dr. Liba Pejchar, and Dr. Christopher R. Field.
I am broadly interested in how climate change and other anthropogenic changes to and management of the environment affect ecological communities in the western United States, particularly in light of changing fire regimes. I am additionally interested in how climatic changes, fire, land use, invasive species, and management decisions affect the interactions between plant and animal communities, particularly seed dispersal and pollination, as well as plant and landscape conservation.
Prior to my current appointment, I was a Columbia Science Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology and a Visiting Scientist at the American Museum of Natural History in the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, working with Dr. Mary Blair. Before that, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Landscape Conservation Initiative at Northern Arizona University (now the Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes), advised by Dr. Clare Aslan. I completed my PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut with Dr. Chris Elphick and Dr. Morgan Tingley. Past and current collaborators additionally include Dr. Sara Souther, Dr. Christina Liang (U.S. Forest Service), Dr. Aaron Shiels, Dr. William P. Haines (Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources), Martha Sample, Dr. Carrie Levine, Dr. Sasha Stortz (National Forest Foundation), Dr. Judith L. Bronstein, Dr. Liba Pejchar, and Dr. Christopher R. Field.
I am broadly interested in how climate change and other anthropogenic changes to and management of the environment affect ecological communities in the western United States, particularly in light of changing fire regimes. I am additionally interested in how climatic changes, fire, land use, invasive species, and management decisions affect the interactions between plant and animal communities, particularly seed dispersal and pollination, as well as plant and landscape conservation.