CURRENT
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Sonoma State University

POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE
2018
Friday Harbor Labs Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Washington

2015-2017
David H. Smith Research Conservation Fellow
Duke University, UC Santa Cruz, and University of Alaska Fairbanks

EDUCATION

2010-2014, PhD
University of California Santa Cruz
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2002 – 2007, MS Marine Science
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Cal State University East Bay
Moss Landing, CA
Research in Phycology, Marine Community Ecology, and Oceanography

2001
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
Charleston, OR
Graduate coursework in Marine Ecology and Animal Behavior

1997 – 2001, BA Biology
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO