About

My research interests are in the life history and reproductive ecology of marine fishes, with special focus on the magnificent genus, Sebastes (rockfishes). I study how changes in the ocean environment influence maternal bioenergetics and reproduction, and what this means for population dynamics and the management of sustainable fisheries with climate change. Much of my research is focused on improving biological information used in fisheries stock assessments.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Washington, where I am focusing on how life history information influences population dynamics and productivity. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2022 from the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a graduate student, I studied the causes and consequences of reproductive plasticity in the life history traits of California rockfishes.

Prior to graduate school, I worked as a Staff Research Associate in collaboration with researchers at the NOAA Fisheries, Fisheries Ecology Division in Santa Cruz, California. I led field and laboratory collaborative fisheries studies of the reproductive ecology of west coast groundfish. Much of my research involved working with the fishing community in central California to collect scientific data. I graduated with a Master’s degree in Fisheries from Auburn University in 2008 and a Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Sciences from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2005.

Skills: Fisheries Science, Reproductive Ecology, Quantitative methods, Life History Theory