Education
- Ph.D. in Biology, 2019
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York and City College of New York
- advisor: Robert P. Anderson
- Masters of Environmental Management, 2007
- Duke University
- focus in Conservation Science and Policy, certificate in GIS
- advisor: Stuart L. Pimm
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, 2004
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- Bachelor of Arts in English, 2004
- State University of New York at Binghamton
- concentration in Creative Writing
Awards
- 2022 Young Scholar Award of the Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ Suzuki Award)
Professional experience (non-academic)
- 2012 - 2013: GIS Specialist
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Duties included: developed initial version of ArcGIS Python Toolbox to estimate riparian area from ancillary remote sensing data and generate reports, estimated sediment and contaminant loads for regional watersheds
- 2010 - 2012: GIS Analyst
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Duties included: digitized wetland areas from remote sensing data and imagery for the Bay Area Aquatic Resource Inventory database, built geoprocessing models to estimate runoff loads from land use and determine site suitability of low impact development treatments
Service and leadership
- Biological Invasions: Associate Editor
- Ecology and Evolution: Associate Editor
- Avid peer-reviewer: 57 reviews to date for 25 scientific journals Publons profile
Peer Reviews
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Animal Conservation
Biodiversity and Conservation (2)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Biotropica
Diversity and Distributions (3)
Ecography (7)
Ecological Applications
Ecological Informatics
Ecology and Evolution (2)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2)
Frontiers of Biogeography (3)
Global Change Biology
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Insect Conservation and Diversity
Journal of Biogeography (2)
Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
Journal of Insect Conservation
Journal of Mammalogy
Mammalian Biology
Method in Ecology and Evolution (3)
PeerJ (2)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Scientific Reports
The American Naturalist
The Journal of Wildlife Management