About me
I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004 with a BS in Environmental Science and an Undergraduate Certificate in Latin American Studies. During my undergraduate work I traveled throughout Brazil for a study abroad program entitled, "Brazilian Ecosystems: The Monitoring and Management of Brazilian Biodiversity." During this program I served as an ecotoxicology technician and helped assess the effectiveness of local wastewater remediation ponds in Pontal do Sul, Parana.
After graduating I moved West and served as a conservation crew leader for AmeriCorps for one year in Nevada. I then began working as a seasonal biological science technician and forestry technician for the National Parks Service. During this time I was privileged enough to work in places such as Canyon de Chelly, Arches and Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Saguaro, Grand Tetons, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon.
After a brief stint of backpacking and rock climbing in South America and Southeast Asia, I returned to the Eastern seaboard and began my graduate work. In May of 2011 I earned an MS in environmental science and policy from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. For my thesis project I investigated the survivorship of native anuran and urodelan larvae in the presence of Gambusia holbrooki.
In August of 2011, I returned to the West and joined the Beier Lab of Conservation Biology and Wildlife Ecology at Northern Arizona University. I am very excited for this opportunity and look forward to the next few years of research.
I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004 with a BS in Environmental Science and an Undergraduate Certificate in Latin American Studies. During my undergraduate work I traveled throughout Brazil for a study abroad program entitled, "Brazilian Ecosystems: The Monitoring and Management of Brazilian Biodiversity." During this program I served as an ecotoxicology technician and helped assess the effectiveness of local wastewater remediation ponds in Pontal do Sul, Parana.
After graduating I moved West and served as a conservation crew leader for AmeriCorps for one year in Nevada. I then began working as a seasonal biological science technician and forestry technician for the National Parks Service. During this time I was privileged enough to work in places such as Canyon de Chelly, Arches and Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Saguaro, Grand Tetons, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon.
After a brief stint of backpacking and rock climbing in South America and Southeast Asia, I returned to the Eastern seaboard and began my graduate work. In May of 2011 I earned an MS in environmental science and policy from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. For my thesis project I investigated the survivorship of native anuran and urodelan larvae in the presence of Gambusia holbrooki.
In August of 2011, I returned to the West and joined the Beier Lab of Conservation Biology and Wildlife Ecology at Northern Arizona University. I am very excited for this opportunity and look forward to the next few years of research.