I am broadly interested in how wildlife respond to land use change, especially when those changes are the result of human activity. I work at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Dr. Nick Haddad's lab, where I work on projects that explore the effects of different agricultural practices on insect abundance, diversity, and ecosystem services like pollination and predation. You can read more about those projects here and here!

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My first research experience as an REU student introduced me to a host-parasite system that would eventually become the focal point of my Master's degree. I went on to earn my M.S. in Dr. Maarten Vonhof's lab studying the effects of urban land use on avian blood parasites.

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During my Master's degree, I also had the opportunity to work with bats in northern Michigan, assisting with an experimental treatment for white nose syndrome (WNS) in hibernaculum sites. WNS is a devastating fungal disease that has endangered many bat species across North America, including our study species: the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus.