Climate Change

I conduct research in the fields of conservation biology, landscape ecology, and restoration ecology.  Some of the specific topics of my research include biodiversity preservation, effects of habitat fragmentation, and climate change.  In grasslands, my research has focused on evaluating the use of fire and grazing in the context of managing for plant, bird, and pollinator communities. In montane meadows I have been conducting both observational and experimental studies of community responses to drought and environmental variation.

2017 – Present: Assistant Research Professor in the Land Resources & Environmental Sciences department at Montana State University (MSU).

2014 – 2017: Assistant Research Professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Biofilm Engineering departments at Montana State University (MSU).

2014 – 2014: Research Scientist working in the Foreman Research Lab for the Center for Biofilm Engineering at MSU.

2012 – 2014: Postdoctoral research fellow on the replicate ice coring WAIS divide project: PI Christine M. Foreman.