We study how populations respond to rapid environmental change
and the consequences for adaptation, divergence, and species interactions.

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To understand the evolutionary and ecological processes involved in population response to environmental change,
my lab uses multiple study systems (salamanders & flies).

Addressing similar questions across systems provides
a broad perspective, revealing which patterns and mechanisms of adaptation and divergence are generalizable and which are excitingly unique to each system.
Insights of both types are crucial to build a comprehensive understanding of how these processes shape
​phenotypic and genomic variation.

Within and across study systems, my lab examines variation across

• stages of divergence (e.g., alternative morphs within a population; diverging populations with on-going gene flow; distinct species; formerly distinct species that now hybridize)
• environments that differ over space and/or time.

Enthusiastic about teaching, mentoring, and outreach.
​I have taught 11 different courses, completed formal training in STEM pedagogy, worked with K-12 students and teachers, mentored 30 undergraduates, and presented my research as well as evolutionary ideas through museum and other outreach events.
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