About Me

I am a Ph.D. student in the Mola Lab and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University. I am interested in understanding how anthropogenic change influences population dynamics and species interactions, with a special interest in endangered species conservation. I completed my B.S. at the University of Minnesota in 2015.  

Before returning to grad school, I studied monarch butterflies, parasitoids, and grassland ecology at the University of Minnesota and Monarch Joint Venture. As a Research Scientist at the University of Minnesota, I studied monarch butterfly ecology in various landscape contexts (urban, solar, federal lands), grassland restoration, and host-parasite interactions. As the Science Coordinator for the Monarch Joint Venture, I coordinated national monitoring of monarch butterflies and their host plants across North America and led a variety of related research projects. I worked with diverse partners to facilitate standardized data collection and collaboration, developed citizen science protocols and training materials, managed data, and synthesized and shared research results.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time outside with my dog and favorite people (camping, hiking, gardening, xc skiing, ID-ing things), cooking, baking, and doing pottery.