A Brand New Web Site!
Oh boy, here we go! This is my first attempt at creating and maintaining a site for my work as a biologist. I’m very new to the various tools I’m using to ac...
Welcome to my page.
I’m an evolutionary ecologist interested in animal behavior and how it shapes the responses of populations to their environments. My research combines empirical methods and mathematical modeling to better understand the ultimate causes of behaviors and their consequences for evolutionary and ecological dynamics.
I study a variety of specific topics, from mate choice and sexual signaling to daily rhythms and life history strategies. I’m especially interested in how selection on mate choice and sexual signals changes with the social environment, and how adaptation (or lack thereof) to the social environment affects trait evolution and population persistence.
As a postdoctoral researcher in the Fitzpatrick Lab at Texas A&M University, I’m developing population genetic models to understand how benefits gained through social interactions contribute to the evolution of conspicuous signals. Check out my Research page for more details!
Behavioral Ecology
What processes underlie the evolution of behaviors?
How does behavior change in response to environmental conditions?
Population-level Consequences of Animal Behavior
How does behavior influence selection on other traits?
What role does behavior play in key eco-evolutionary feedbacks?