I am an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia, working with Dr. Chris Harley.  I am particularly interested in the interactions between infected hosts and their communities, as well as the impact of temperature and ocean acidification on host-parasite interactions. I did my PhD at the University of Georgia, in the Odum School of Ecology, advised by Dr. Jeb Byers. For my PhD dissertation I explored the ecological drivers of parasite abundance in the Georgia Salt Marshes.  

 Research Interests: Marine community ecology, marine parasite ecology, marine invertebrates, physiological ecology, larval ecology, statistical design and modeling and invasion biology

Holding the subject of my M.S. project, the six-rayed seastar Leptasterias hexactis. Photo credit: Dr. Brian Bingham

Breaking apart clumps in search of the subject of my dissertation, Eurypanopeus depressus infected by Loxothylacus panopaei. Photo credit: Andrew Tucker

Heading out to go collect crabs with technician Aaron Penn. Photo credit: Andrew Tucker