Biography
I study the landscape ecology of (primarily Neotropical) perching birds using stable isotope analysis to explore disturbance-related shifts in diet and breeding behavior. I've contributed to projects estimating seasonality of acoustic behavior and community cohesion, migratory connectivity, and the stress gradient hypothesis. As a graduate assistant, I've taught Intro Biology, Zoology, Ecology and Evolution, and Human Anatomy. I also co-direct the CODE Workshop - a free, virtual series of short courses in data analytics skills that takes place every August.
I graduated from Smith College in 2016 with a B.A. in Biological Sciences with highest honors, and was awarded an Alumni Fellowship to attend the University of Oklahoma. I have since received fellowships from the NSF Research Traineeship program and the Defense Language and National Security Education Office, and have completed a virtual internship with the U.S. Embassy in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea studying human-wildlife conflict, and an ecological writing residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. My interests include spatial statistics and data management in R, grant-writing, language study (Spanish and Mandarin), and STEM diplomacy. When I'm not birding, I am banding birds for my own research or someone else's (meet my collaborators). I live in Norman, Oklahoma with my partner, our two cats, and our dead houseplants.
I graduated from Smith College in 2016 with a B.A. in Biological Sciences with highest honors, and was awarded an Alumni Fellowship to attend the University of Oklahoma. I have since received fellowships from the NSF Research Traineeship program and the Defense Language and National Security Education Office, and have completed a virtual internship with the U.S. Embassy in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea studying human-wildlife conflict, and an ecological writing residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. My interests include spatial statistics and data management in R, grant-writing, language study (Spanish and Mandarin), and STEM diplomacy. When I'm not birding, I am banding birds for my own research or someone else's (meet my collaborators). I live in Norman, Oklahoma with my partner, our two cats, and our dead houseplants.
