about meI have recently re-located from Anchorage Alaska to the Sierras of northern California and have taken a position as an Associate Research Specialist in the Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology department at the University of California, Davis. Here, I will be working in the Post lab where my research will remain focused on wildlife phenology at northern latitudes.
My intrinsic love of northern ecosystems stems from a childhood of traipsing around the Northwest Territories of Canada via canoe and foot. My love of bats wasn’t quite as ingrained, but after studying the feeding behaviour of migrating bats in Southern Alberta during my undergraduate degree at the University of Calgary, I was hooked. During my master's degree at the University of Calgary, I was able to blend my interest in bats and my love of the north together through my research on little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) in the South Slave region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. After arriving in Anchorage in 2013, I joined the research team at the Alaska Center for Conservation Science, and branched out to study small mammals in the Brooks Range and Aleutian Islands, amphibians in Southeast Alaska, and marine invasive species in the Bering Sea. Seemingly always coming back to bats, I spearheaded a multi-year project developing a network of monitoring sites, and identifying the seasonal phenology of little brown myotis across Alaska. I continue to work on bats in the north through various contracts secured through my sole-proprietor consulting company Taiga Wildlife Research. In my spare time I enjoy exploring vast landscapes in remote locations, typically with one or more dogs by my side. |