Ornithology  ·  Evolution  ·  Genomics
​& Historical DNA

I'm a museum-based ornithologist interested in the evolutionary processes responsible for generating diversity among closely-related organisms. I am currently an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Allison Shultz and Dr. Kayce Bell at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. I completed my PhD in the LSU Museum of Natural Science & Department of Biological Sciences, where I was co-advised by Dr. Brant Faircloth and Dr. Robb Brumfield. This semester (Spring 2023) I am also a Visiting Assistant Professor at Occidental College, where I'm teaching Avian Biology at the Moore Laboratory of Zoology.

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