I've always had an interest in understanding how natural populations respond to environmental stress, both in the context of human impacts such as climate change and pollution and in the context of smaller-scale sources of environmental variability such as seasonal change. I found my passion for population genetics while studying frogs in Hawai'i, and my passion for quantitative genetics and thermal biology while working with Drosophila and geckos. 

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Professional Appointments

2023 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma

2017 - 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Macdonald Lab, Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas

Education

PhD: 2017, Kansas State University, Advisor: Dr. Ted Morgan

BA: 2012, William Jewell College