Eco-Evolutionary Community Ecology and Ecosystem Function
I
am
currently an NSF postdoctoral fellow in ecological bioinformatics
residing at the University of North Carolina in the lab of Allen
Hurlbert. In May 09 I
finished my Ph.D at the University
of Arizona
working with Regis Ferriere and Brian Enquist in the department of
Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology. My research interests span
a
broad spectrum of topics ranging from the emergence of whole ecosystems
through eco-evolutionary feedbacks to carbon
storage within
forests. I pursue these topics using a variety of approaches including
theoretical, macroecological and experimental
techniques.
Fundamental to my work is a search for generality in terms of the
processes driving observed patterns of community structure and ecosystem function. Please
see the research
section for a more detailed description of my scietific endeavors.
