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 a PhD candidate in Professor Stephen Swearer’s REEF laboratory group and NCCC at the University of Melbourne.

In fall 2024 I will be starting as a National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University with Professors Kristen Davis and Peter Edmunds. My postdoctoral work will be focused on evaluating the mechanisms underlying emergent patterns of coral reef recovery in Moorea, French Polynesia.