I am a post-doctoral Research Scientist NASA Ames Research Center and the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute. My research is at the intersection of animal movement ecology, remote sensing, and disease ecology. I study the effects of landscape changes on wildlife behavior and infectious diseases using mathematical and statistical models. Currently, I am using these tools to understand the ecology of avian influenza viruses in wild waterfowl. I received my PhD in 2021 from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, where I was advised by Drs. Richard Hall and Sonia Altizer, and was previously a post-doc with Diann Prosser at the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center (formerly Patuxent Wildlife Research Center).
One of the great parts about being a modeler in ecology is that I get work with data and concepts from lots of different fields and systems, so I am always learning new techniques and more natural history. I have studied whooping cranes, brown bears, ungulates, ibis, and bats, plus some of their parasites and pathogens. For more details on my research, please see the Research page. Collaboration is one of my favorite parts of doing scientific research, so if you're interested in working together or just talking about a project, please get in touch! |