I am an evolutionary geneticist, interested in quantitative genetics and interactions between plants and herbivores. I recently finished my PhD with Dr. Tom Mitchell-Olds at Duke University, researching the evolution of the allocation of chemical defenses against herbivores in Boechera stricta. I'm particularly interested in the dynamics and importance of the G-matrix, and how genetic covariances affect the evolution of defenses throughout the entire plant. While at Duke I spent my summers doing field research in central Idaho, and the rest of my year doing greenhouse and lab experiments at home.

I'm also very invested in teaching. In the fall of 2016 I was the instructor of record for an upper-level discussion seminar that I designed, on the Genetics of Species Interactions. I enjoy spending time in the classroom and working with undergraduate students in the classroom and in the lab. I also engage in outreach activities with younger students, ranging from discussions of what a scientist is with a pre-K classroom to designing activities on plant defenses for middle-schoolers. 

In September 2017, I will begin a position as a visiting assistant professor in Biology at Knox College.