I am an Honorary Research Associate at University of British Columbia, researching how human activities and environmental change affect epifaunal biodiversity in eelgrass ecosystems, at both spatial and temporal scales.
I am also the Marine Ecology Research Director and Board Chair for the Institute for Multidisciplinary Ecological Research in the Salish Sea (IMERSS), a nonprofit I co-founded to facilitate community and Indigenous-led biodiversity monitoring and research.
I earned my PhD BS in General Biology and MS in Biology at University of California, San Diego. My Masters thesis focused on understanding how seasonal changes in freshwater food web dynamics affected carbon dioxide flux.
When I am not in the field or in the lab, I love exploring the great outdoors. Hiking, backpacking, backcountry skiing, mountaineering, climbing, and photography are a some of my favorite hobbies, which have led me to develop a strong affinity for the Coast Mountains, Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and deserts of the American Southwest.
