I am a wildlife ecologist who spent foundational years in graduate school studying predator-prey dynamics in the interest of helping augment our fundamental understanding of ecosystems. From that launching point, I have worked towards projects where I create readily applied geospatial and animal movement-based conservation products, for a wide variety of stakeholders.
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Of course, research is not done in a vacuum. I cannot give enough thanks to the wonderful people who have helped me along the way. As such, I have profiled my collaborators where I can to promote their amazing skill sets and contributions. Also, thanks goes out to my current and former students and technicians for all their hard work; for those that have moved on to greater things I hope you are doing well wherever you have ended up in life.
Current Role
Assistant Research Professor - Geospatial and Conservation Science
Department of Wildlife, Aquaculture, and Fisheries
Mississippi State University
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Postdoctoral Positions
Mississippi State University [Feb 2021 - Aug 2022]: Applying new quantitative methods in animal movement
Mentor: Dr. Garrett Street
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Mississippi State University [May 2019 - Feb 2021]: Modelling fine-scale habitat use, potential human-bear conflict zones, and harvest vulnerability for reestablishing black bear populations in Missouri
Mentors: Dr. Ray Iglay (MSU) & Laura Conlee (Missouri Department of Conservation)
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Education
Ph.D. Trent University 2019
Dissertation: The cascading effects of risk in the
wild: how snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
respond to the threat of predation
Advisor: Dr. Dennis Murray
M.Sc. Mount Allison University 2012
Dissertation: Interactions between predators in an
intertidal mussel bed community
Advisor: Dr. Diana Hamilton
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B.Sc. University of New Brunswick 2008
Honors by course