ABBREVIATED CV, Winter 2025
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2019)
Dissertation: “Landscape-mediated niche dynamics in North American carnivores”
MSc, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2015)
Thesis: “Mechanisms of delayed recovery in reintroduced American martens”
BS, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (2009)
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Sciences
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Research Wildlife Biologist, USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (Olympia, WA; 2022-Pres)
Lead Scientist, Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest and Caribou-Poker Creek Research Watersheds (2023-Pres)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM; 2020-Pres)
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology (PRFB-Collections), University of New Mexico (2020-2022)
Postdoctoral researcher/IsoBank Project Manager, University of New Mexico (2019-2020)
NSF IGERT trainee, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016-2018)
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012-2016, 2018-2019)
RESEARCH GRANTS
2025 - "Monitoring the success of lynx reintroductions in Washington" - USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (PI)
2024 - “Small mammal foraging and spore dispersal in Boreal forests of Alaska" - Alaska Division of Forestry (co-PI)
2024 - “Re-FRESH: Updating nutritional foraging models for black-tailed deer in Washington and Alaska" - Tongass National Forest, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources (PI)
2023 - “Estimating ungulate diets via DNA metabarcoding of feces" - ADF&G (co-PI)
2023 - “Optimizing tribal management of a key subsistence resource, Sitka black-tailed deer" - USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (PI)
2022 - “Predicting Sitka black-tailed deer forage, habitat, and demography in the Tongass National Forest"- USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (PI)
2018 - “Landscape mediated competition and trophic structure in North American carnivores” - American Museum of Natural History, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant
2017 - "Novel or Native? Piecing together red fox (Vulpes vulpes) colonization on Isle Royale" - NSF IGERT: Novel Ecosystems, Competitive Innovation Incentive Fund
2017 - “Homogenization of predation in North American canrivores” - American Society of Mammalogists Grant-In-Aid
2016 - “The history and conservation of American martens (Martes americana) on Isle Royale” - American Society of Mammalogists Grant-In-Aid
2016 - "Dietary analysis of fisher and marten in the southern Sierra via stable isotopes" - USDA Forest Service (co-PI)
2016 - "Stable isotope analyses of carnivore foraging in the Great Lakes region" - National Park Service (co-PI)
2015 - "Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) foraging in the Pacific Northwest" - USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (co-PI)
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PRFB-Collections) - 2020-2022
Sevilleta LTER Summer Research Fellow - 2020
NSF IGERT trainee, 2016-2018
American Society of Mammalogists Horner Award, Best Grant-In-Aid proposal - 2017
Aldo Leopold Memorial Scholarship, Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society - 2016
Dane County Conservation League Graduate Scholar - 2014
Terry Amundson Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology - 2013
TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP
Mentor for 15+ undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers (Active - 1 PhD, 1 postdoc) - 2012-2023
Guest lecturer, BIO 489: Mammalogy, University of New Mexico - 2020
Guest lecturer, CRN 409/509: Elemental Ecology, University of New Mexico - 2019
Guest lecturer, FWE 360: Extinction of Species, University of Wisconsin - 2015-2018
Teaching Assistant, Zoology 102: Animal Biology Lab; University of Wisconsin - 2015-2016
Teaching Assistant, FWE 360: Extinction of Species, University of Wisconsin - 2015
Guest lecturer, FWE 561: Wildlife Management Techniques, University of Wisconsin - 2012-2016
Teaching Assistant, Biology 106: Organismal Biology, Washington State University - 2012
OUTREACH AND SERVICE
Southeast Alaska Habitat Enhancement and Restoration for Deer Stewardship (HERDS) Working Group - 2024-2025
Wildfire Crisis Strategy Synthesis, USFS R6 Working Group - 2024-Pres
TWS Nutritional Ecology Working Group, Stable Isotope Workshop Organizer/Instructor - 2023-2024
Stable Isotope Workshop for APS High School Students with UNM Center for Stable Isotopes - 2019, 2021
IsoCamp Instructor - 2021
IsoBank Working Group - 2019-2024
Graduate Chair, Wisconsin Ecology organization at University of Wisconsin - 2016-2018
Seminar Committee, Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology - 2016-2018
Lecturer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Cooperative Trapper Education Program - 2016
Guest lecturer, Cable Natural History Museum Lecture Series - 2014-2016
Wisconsin American Marten Advisory and Stakeholder Committee - 2012-2018
REVIEWER
Animal Conservation, American Midland Naturalist, Biological Conservation, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Conservation Letters, Diversity and Distributions, Ecography, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecological Applications, Ecosphere, Ecosystems, Ecology and Evolution, Fire Ecology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Functional Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Quaternary Science, Landscape Ecology, Mammalian Species, Oecologia, Oikos, Oxford University Press, PLoS One, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, USDA McIntire-Stennis
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2019)
Dissertation: “Landscape-mediated niche dynamics in North American carnivores”
MSc, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2015)
Thesis: “Mechanisms of delayed recovery in reintroduced American martens”
BS, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (2009)
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Sciences
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Research Wildlife Biologist, USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (Olympia, WA; 2022-Pres)
Lead Scientist, Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest and Caribou-Poker Creek Research Watersheds (2023-Pres)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM; 2020-Pres)
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology (PRFB-Collections), University of New Mexico (2020-2022)
Postdoctoral researcher/IsoBank Project Manager, University of New Mexico (2019-2020)
NSF IGERT trainee, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2016-2018)
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012-2016, 2018-2019)
RESEARCH GRANTS
2025 - "Monitoring the success of lynx reintroductions in Washington" - USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (PI)
2024 - “Small mammal foraging and spore dispersal in Boreal forests of Alaska" - Alaska Division of Forestry (co-PI)
2024 - “Re-FRESH: Updating nutritional foraging models for black-tailed deer in Washington and Alaska" - Tongass National Forest, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources (PI)
2023 - “Estimating ungulate diets via DNA metabarcoding of feces" - ADF&G (co-PI)
2023 - “Optimizing tribal management of a key subsistence resource, Sitka black-tailed deer" - USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (PI)
2022 - “Predicting Sitka black-tailed deer forage, habitat, and demography in the Tongass National Forest"- USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (PI)
2018 - “Landscape mediated competition and trophic structure in North American carnivores” - American Museum of Natural History, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant
2017 - "Novel or Native? Piecing together red fox (Vulpes vulpes) colonization on Isle Royale" - NSF IGERT: Novel Ecosystems, Competitive Innovation Incentive Fund
2017 - “Homogenization of predation in North American canrivores” - American Society of Mammalogists Grant-In-Aid
2016 - “The history and conservation of American martens (Martes americana) on Isle Royale” - American Society of Mammalogists Grant-In-Aid
2016 - "Dietary analysis of fisher and marten in the southern Sierra via stable isotopes" - USDA Forest Service (co-PI)
2016 - "Stable isotope analyses of carnivore foraging in the Great Lakes region" - National Park Service (co-PI)
2015 - "Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) foraging in the Pacific Northwest" - USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (co-PI)
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PRFB-Collections) - 2020-2022
Sevilleta LTER Summer Research Fellow - 2020
NSF IGERT trainee, 2016-2018
American Society of Mammalogists Horner Award, Best Grant-In-Aid proposal - 2017
Aldo Leopold Memorial Scholarship, Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society - 2016
Dane County Conservation League Graduate Scholar - 2014
Terry Amundson Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology - 2013
TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP
Mentor for 15+ undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers (Active - 1 PhD, 1 postdoc) - 2012-2023
Guest lecturer, BIO 489: Mammalogy, University of New Mexico - 2020
Guest lecturer, CRN 409/509: Elemental Ecology, University of New Mexico - 2019
Guest lecturer, FWE 360: Extinction of Species, University of Wisconsin - 2015-2018
Teaching Assistant, Zoology 102: Animal Biology Lab; University of Wisconsin - 2015-2016
Teaching Assistant, FWE 360: Extinction of Species, University of Wisconsin - 2015
Guest lecturer, FWE 561: Wildlife Management Techniques, University of Wisconsin - 2012-2016
Teaching Assistant, Biology 106: Organismal Biology, Washington State University - 2012
OUTREACH AND SERVICE
Southeast Alaska Habitat Enhancement and Restoration for Deer Stewardship (HERDS) Working Group - 2024-2025
Wildfire Crisis Strategy Synthesis, USFS R6 Working Group - 2024-Pres
TWS Nutritional Ecology Working Group, Stable Isotope Workshop Organizer/Instructor - 2023-2024
Stable Isotope Workshop for APS High School Students with UNM Center for Stable Isotopes - 2019, 2021
IsoCamp Instructor - 2021
IsoBank Working Group - 2019-2024
Graduate Chair, Wisconsin Ecology organization at University of Wisconsin - 2016-2018
Seminar Committee, Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology - 2016-2018
Lecturer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Cooperative Trapper Education Program - 2016
Guest lecturer, Cable Natural History Museum Lecture Series - 2014-2016
Wisconsin American Marten Advisory and Stakeholder Committee - 2012-2018
REVIEWER
Animal Conservation, American Midland Naturalist, Biological Conservation, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Conservation Letters, Diversity and Distributions, Ecography, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecological Applications, Ecosphere, Ecosystems, Ecology and Evolution, Fire Ecology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Functional Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Quaternary Science, Landscape Ecology, Mammalian Species, Oecologia, Oikos, Oxford University Press, PLoS One, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, USDA McIntire-Stennis
