I recently earned my Ph.D. in marine ecology from the University of Virginia, and am now looking for positions in marine ecosystem conservation and restoration. I would like to work for an organization that uses science to successfully restore marine ecosystems and promote their resilience to future climate and human development scenarios.
I have specialized in seagrass ecology for the past 6 years, using a high-tech approach (aquatic eddy covariance) to measuring seagrass ecosystem metabolism and investigating its response to climate change, particularly ocean warming. My research interests extend to the resilience of coral reefs, kelp forests, polar marine ecosystems, and tropical seagrass meadows in the face of climate change and human disturbance, as well as habitat connectivity, sustainability, ecosystem interactions, marine resource conservation and management. I graduated with a B.S. in Environmental Geosciences from Texas A&M University in May 2015, with minors in Oceanography and Meteorology. While there, I conducted research in paleoceanography with Dr. Debbie Thomas, Arctic climate science with Dr. Oliver Frauenfeld, and tropical ecohydrology as part of the Texas A&M REU program in Costa Rica. I also broadened my horizons with field trips and study abroad programs in Panama (paleoecology), the Western US (geology), Fiji, and Australia (marine ecology, natural resource management, and eco-tourism). |