Education
PhD - Science, Marine and Estuarine Ecology | The University of Melbourne | Supervisor: Stephen Swearer | 2024
MS - Biology | California State University Northridge | Supervisor: Mark Steele | 2018
BS - Marine Science | Minor: Outdoor Recreation & Education | California State University Monterey Bay | Supervisor: Corey Garza | 2014
Appointments
NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Stanford University, Oceans Department | 2024 - Present
Exploring island-scale drivers of community stability in coral reef community dynamics
Evaluating the environmental, ecological and hydrodynamic drivers of coral community resilience in Moorea, French Polynesia.
Collaborators: Kristen Davis (Stanford), Peter Edmunds (CSU Northridge)
Research
California State University Northridge
National Science Foundation | Mo’orea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Program | Research Technician | PI’s: Peter J. Edmunds, Robert Carpenter | 2019 - 2020
National Science Foundation Ocean Acidification | Research Technician | PI’s: Peter J. Edmunds, Robert Carpenter | 2017 - 2019
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Mitigation and Monitoring Project | Research Assistant | PI: Mark A. Steele | 2015 - 2017
Size-selective mortality of sex-changing fishes | National Science Foundation Project | Research Assistant | PI: Mark A. Steele | 2015 - 2016
Channel Islands National Park Kelp Forest Monitoring Program | Seasonal Biological Technician | PI: David Kushner | 2018
Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains | Field Biologist and Data Management Assistant | Supervisor: Rosi Dagit | 2017
California State University Monterey Bay
California State University, Monterey Bay | Research Assistant | PI’s: Tom Oliver & Cheryl Logan | 2014
Moss Landing Marine Laboratory | Ichthyology Lab | Research Assistant | PI’s: Scott Hamilton & Devona Yates | 2013
Marine Landscape Ecology Lab | Undergraduate Research Intern | PI: Corey Garza | 2013 - 2014
Selected Invited Talks
Oceans Seminar Series | Stanford Oceans | Hopkins Marine Station | 2025
Kelp Forest Ecology Course | Hopkins Marine Station | 2025
Environmental Fluid Mechanics Seminar Series | Stanford University | 2025
Moorea Seminar Series | University of California, Berkeley | Gump Station, Moorea French Polynesia | 2017
USC Wrigley Saturday at the Lab | Catalina Island, CA | 2016
USC Wrigley Saturday at the Lab | Catalina Island, CA | 2015
Selected Conference Talks
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting | Monterey, CA | 2023
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Meeting | Portland, OR | 2023
University of Melbourne Biosciences Postgraduate Society Annual Symposium | Parkville, VIC | 2023"
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting | Virtual | 2021
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting | Virtual | 2021
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting | Monterey, CA | 2016
USC Wrigley Symposium | University of Southern | California Los Angeles, CA | 2016
Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting | Los Angeles, CA | 2016
20th Annual Student Research and Creative Works Symposium | Northridge, CA | 2016
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting | Sacramento, CA | 2015
USC Wrigley Symposium | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | 2015