Education University of Chicago - PhD, Ecology and Evolution (2018, Advisor: Trevor Price) University of Michigan - B.S. with Distinction, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2009)
Grants and Awards Best Dissertation in Biological Sciences, University of Chicago (2019) Danish National Research Foundation with NSF - Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Award (2015) NSF - Graduate Research Fellowship (2013) National Geographic Young Explorers Grant (2010)
Teaching Teaching Assistant - Ecology and Conservation, University of Chicago, Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant - Ecology and Evolution in the Southwest: Field School, University of Chicago, Summer 2014 Teaching Assistant - Environmental Ecology, University of Chicago, Winter 2014 Teaching Assistant - Biology of Birds, University of Michigan Biological Station, Summer 2010 Instructor - Wolf Creek Environmental Education Center, Redwood National and State Parks, 2006
Service UCSB-Smithsonian Scholars Program Participant (Present) Carpentries Instructor S.P.A.R.K. (Science Professionals As Resource Knowledge) Mentor, Stevenson High School (2013 - 2015)
Research and Work Experience Independent Field Research in India (2012, 2013) Post-Baccalaureate Research Intern, Archbold Biological Station (2011) Field Assistant in Queensland and South Australia (2010) Student Conservation Association Education Intern, Redwood National and State Parks (2006)