A graduate of Duke University's Program in Ecology, and then a Smithsonian Fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, MD, I am now a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Office of Habitat Conservation. My primary role as a AAAS fellow is to connect natural science and social science, via ecosystem services and environmental markets, to support NOAA policies and its habitat conservation mission. This aligns nicely with my reserach interests because I am broadly interested in how human environmental change is affecting ecosystem function and the ability of ecosystems to provide the ecosystem services on which we depend.
I am interested in a career that combines my love of science, my interest in environmental conservation, both habitat protection and restoration, and my skills in science communication, translation, education, and outreach.
More details about my research can be found on my research page. And I discuss my interests in education and outreach on my teaching and professional development pages.
