Marine Community Ecology and Ecological Stability

I am a community ecologist broadly focused on the spatiotemporal dynamics of marine communities. Specifically, I study how the dynamic interplay between environmental conditions and interactions between species contribute to ecological state and trajectories in marine ecosystems.

I am currently National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Coastal Dynamics Laboratory at Stanford University with Professors Kristen Davis and Peter Edmunds. My postdoctoral work is focused on evaluating the mechanisms underlying emergent patterns of coral reef recovery in Moorea, French Polynesia. This work leverages data and efforts from the Moorea Coral Reef Long-Term Ecological Research Program.