About Me
I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Oregon, advised by Dr. Samantha Hopkins. My research focuses on small mammal paleoecology, particularly during the Oligocene-Miocene of the Pacific Northwest.
I recieved my B.Sc. in Evolution and Ecology from The Ohio State University and completed an undergraduate thesis on the evolution and ecology of bite force in geomorph rodents under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan Calede.
Research Interests
- Methods in paleoecology: Can computer vision methods be used to interpret the diet of extinct small mammal species without regard for taxonomy?
- Community paleoecology: How have small mammal communities changed functionally through the Oligo-Miocene of western North America in response to differing tectonic regimes?
News
- [Aug. 2024] Moved to Eugene, OR!
- [Dec. 2023] Graduated from OSU
Selected Conferences and Meetings
- [Aug. 2024] North American Rodents: Landscapes, Ecology, and Evolution (NARLEE) Field Trip; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.
- [Jul. 2024] Paleobiology Database Summer Workshop, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
- [Jun. 2024] North American Rodents: Landscapes, Ecology, and Evolution (NARLEE) Workshop, Mammalian diversification and distribution dynamics on evolving landscapes; Ann Arbor, MI.
- [Jun. 2024] North American Paleontological Convention; Ann Arbor, MI. [Poster]
- [Oct. 2023] Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; Cincinnati, OH. [Poster]
- [Oct. 2022] Great Lakes Student PaleoConference; Chicago, IL. [Poster]
- [Jan. 2021] Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology Annual Meeting; Phoenix, AZ. [Poster]
