About Me
I am an ecologist and climate scientist interested in advancing my knowledge in environmental research, habitat restoration and climate justice. My current research largely centers on understanding how climate change impacts plant communities.
I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan and later attended Michigan State University for my undergraduate. In November 2015, I graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a Master’s degree in Biodiversity and Conservation. For my dissertation, I investigated the vegetation composition of hippo grazing lawns along an anthropogenic impact and grazing pressure gradient at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. Currently, I am studying the effects of late spring freezing events---or false springs---on temperate forests and how these events are changing with climate change. Most of work involves field observations at the Arnold Arboretum and the Harvard Forest LTER as well as doing Bayesian statistical analysis in R. I also frequently make maps in R, QGIS, ArcGIS and work with gridded climate data.
Through my work abroad, I have learned where the US is advanced in climate change and conservation work and where we are failing. My desire to learn and to make a difference has only augmented in recent years. I value education and public outreach and, as I near the end of my PhD, hope to finally apply my skills and work to help make positive change.
PhD Candidate of Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
she/her/hers
Mailing Address:
Arnold Arboretum
1300 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02131
Email: [email protected]
I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan and later attended Michigan State University for my undergraduate. In November 2015, I graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a Master’s degree in Biodiversity and Conservation. For my dissertation, I investigated the vegetation composition of hippo grazing lawns along an anthropogenic impact and grazing pressure gradient at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. Currently, I am studying the effects of late spring freezing events---or false springs---on temperate forests and how these events are changing with climate change. Most of work involves field observations at the Arnold Arboretum and the Harvard Forest LTER as well as doing Bayesian statistical analysis in R. I also frequently make maps in R, QGIS, ArcGIS and work with gridded climate data.
Through my work abroad, I have learned where the US is advanced in climate change and conservation work and where we are failing. My desire to learn and to make a difference has only augmented in recent years. I value education and public outreach and, as I near the end of my PhD, hope to finally apply my skills and work to help make positive change.
PhD Candidate of Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
she/her/hers
Mailing Address:
Arnold Arboretum
1300 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02131
Email: [email protected]