Exploring ecological complexity.
My research examines the spatiotemporal dynamics of marine communities. I seek to ‘unravel’ the tangled web of how environmental conditions and interactions between species contribute to ecological resilience in marine ecosystems.
About me
I am currently a National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Coastal Dynamics Laboratory in the Oceans Department at Stanford University with Professors Kristen Davis and Peter Edmunds. My postdoctoral work is focused on evaluating the ecological and hydrodynamic mechanisms underlying emergent patterns of coral reef recovery in Moorea, French Polynesia. This work leverages data and efforts from the Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research Program.
I received my PhD from the University of Melbourne in Professor Stephen Swearer’s research group, my M.S. in Biology at California State University Northridge with Professor Mark Steele, and B.S. in Marine Science at California State University Monterey Bay.
