I am an applied marine ecologist who focuses on algae, invertebrates, and plants to ask questions about impacts to ecosystem stability, food security, and organismal responses to change.

Currently, I study kelp and oysters through the lens of aquaculture. I work with farmers, agency members, and researchers to identify the challenges and problems facing the growth of the aquaculture industry, and design research projects to address these issues.

I am currently a Mariculture Postdoctoral Researcher at the Prince William Sound Science Center, where I am primarily working on data synthesis for the Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council funded Mariculture Research and Restoration Consortium.

From October 2023 to March 2025, I was an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow under Dr. Alix Laferriere at the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center lab in Kodiak, AK. In August 2023, I completed my Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis’ Graduate Group in Ecology. I was a member of Ted Grosholz’s lab, which focuses on how human impacts shape coastal ecosystem processes.