Hello there!
I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, where I work in Tad Dallas’s lab. I study host-parasite and plant-insect interactions, with an emphasis on finding biological insights that arise from the macroscopic statistical behaviors of complex systems. I completed my Ph.D. at Michigan State University, where I explored how fine-scale variation in plant chemistry scales up to affect plant defense and herbivore performance. Alongside my research, I am passionate about teaching statistics and helping students develop their own research projects.
