I am a recently graduated PhD student from the University of California, Berkeley in the department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. I am interested in a broad range of evolutionary and ecological issues, and my dissertation research focused largely on population genetic patterns associated with invasive species and their natural enemies. 

I am currently at the University of Illinois working on population genetics of declining North American bumble bee (Bombus) species as a post-doc in Sydney Cameron's lab. My research involves trying to reconstruct the population structure and demographic history of declining and expanding bumble bee species in association with a series of events that are hypothesized to have contributed to these changes in range and abundance.