ABOUT ME

Growing up in Connecticut, I showed very little interest in nature or the environment. But when I was 16, and in need of an escape, I took an impromptu trip to Banff National Park in Canada and found a passion for the environment through the lens of my camera. After receiving my Bachelor's and Master's  degrees at Columbia University, I moved to northern California to work at the Suisun Resource Conservation District as a wildlife biologist. Now, I'm pursuing my doctoral degree at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability.

 

I am a movement ecologist whose work focuses on the intersection between animal space use and anthropogenic activity. I employ remote sensing, statistical modeling, and field-based methods to better understand the mechanisms driving these human-wildlife interactions. My dissertation research at U-Mich will broadly focus on the effects of human activity on the movement patterns of gray wolves, an iconic apex predator, in the Upper Peninsula in collaboration with indigenous peoples and governmental agencies. I aim to use an interdisciplinary approach to examine complex conservation issues, combining social and ecological sciences to promote coexistence between people and animals. In the future, I hope to inspire others to cherish the planet through the use of visual arts - as photography did for me - while also utilizing scientific research to create meaningful change. 

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When I'm not taking photos, or hiking in a national park, you can almost certainly find me playing golf, watching a sci-fi TV show, or making a loaf of sourdough bread.