Communication underlies nearly all biological processes. It dictates physiological responses to stressors within an organism, and how organisms interact with their external environments. It also directs evolutionary divergence among species and community assembly. 

I study how communication at each of these levels influences whether animals adapt or go extinct in changing environments. This work blends experimental, computational, phylogenetic, and geospatial approaches in an iterative process. Integrating responses across biological scales allows me to understand how the evolution of communication systems shapes physiological divergence, population and community dynamics, and biogeography in the wake of global change.

News & Updates

2025
   November
  • Paper on developmental temperature, plasticity in reproductive traits, and treehopper vulnerability to climate change published in Ecology Letters
   August
  • Began NSF postdoc fellowship with the Elias lab at UC Berkeley
    June 2024
    June     May
  • ​Completed my PhD at Saint Louis University
    March
  • ​Paper on treehopper thermoregulation and vulnerability to climate change published in Functional Ecology
    January
  • ​Received Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh! I'll be working with Trinidadian guppies to understand how reproductive behavior shapes disease dynamics in a warming world
2023
    May
  • ​Talked with UnDiciplined from Utah Public Radio about how climate change impacts animal reproduction
2022
    June