Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Michigan
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

I received my masters (2012) in Fisheries and Wildlife from Michigan State University, where I conducted research on small mammal community response to forest management in northern California. Following my masters, I obtained a dual-PhD (2019) in Fisheries and Wildlife and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior from Michigan State University. My dissertation focused on the spatial ecology and impact of a low-density wild pig (Sus scrofa) population in Michigan. Following my graduate training, I held post-doctoral positions in the Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology at Lincoln Park Zoo and in the Applied Forest and Wildlife Ecology Laboratory at Michigan State University. I officially joined the Michigan Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit as Assistant Unit Leader in 2024. I have broad research interests that span a diversity of taxa and systems but specialize in non-invasive monitoring tools and spatial and quantitative techniques. My research is highly applied and catered to address the pressing conservation and management challenges identified by cooperators.