I am fundamentally interested in "ecomorphology", the study of an organism’s form and function in the context of its natural environment. Over the past few decades, the quintessential biological paradigm, “form means function,” has been reconfigured to address how variation in form translates into an organism’s physical ability to perform its ecological role. My research runs the gamut from evolutionary morphology to applied wildlife ecology. My research questions revolve around understanding how animals (mostly birds and small mammals) are “built” to do what they do in nature (mostly feeding and locomotion), through measurements of their morphology and performance. Please see the EcoMorph Lab website to learn more about our research program!

• Postdoctoral Research & Teaching Associate, Brown University, 2016
• Ph.D. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 2013
• M.S. Biology, California State University, Northridge, 2005
• B.S. Biology, California State University, Northridge, 2000

• Biol 212: Evolution
• Biol 354/354L: Principles of Ecology/ Princ of Ecol Lab
• Biol 506/506L: Avian Biology/ Laboratory & Field Studies in Avian Biology
• Biol 401/401L: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy/ Comp Vert Anat Lab
• Biol 596: Special Topics: Mammalogy
• Biol 596: Special Topics: Seminar in Ecological Morphology