Quantitative Ecologist
BACKGROUND
My Path
My path into ecology began during my undergraduate training at McMaster University, where I became increasingly interested in how species and ecological communities respond to variation in their environment. That interest eventually led me toward field ecology and questions about the processes that shape biodiversity across landscapes.
During graduate school, my research became increasingly quantitative. I began combining field observations with statistical and spatial approaches to investigate community ecology, environmental gradients, and biodiversity patterns across complex systems. Over time, this expanded into a broader interest in using large ecological datasets and predictive models to understand how environmental change affects species and communities.
Today, my work brings those perspectives together. I combine field ecology, biodiversity data, spatial analysis, and quantitative modelling to address both fundamental and applied ecological questions, with a particular interest in research that can inform conservation, monitoring, and environmental management.
Education & Training
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Florida, FL, USA
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2025 - Present
PhD in Biology
York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Department of Biology
2020 - 2024
Master's in Biology
York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Department of Biology
2018 - 2020
Honours Bachelor of Life Sciences
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Department of Life Science
2014 - 2018
How I Work
FIELD ECOLOGY
I value field-based research that grounds ecological questions in natural systems, species interactions, and environmental processes.
QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY
I use statistical, spatial, and predictive approaches to identify and explain ecological patterns across large and complex datasets.
APPLIED CONSERVATION
I aim to translate ecological research into information that can support biodiversity monitoring, conservation, and environmental management.