I have had a winding path to my current position, which has allowed me to develop a lot of fun and stimulating collaborations, work in a variety of ecosystems, and experience academic and research settings in different cultures. I’ve enjoyed all the steps along this route!

Current Habitat: University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology & Biodiversity Research Center (Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow)

t-1: Zurich, Switzerland
t-2: Latnjajaure, Sweden, and Longyearbyen, Svalbard
t-3: Visby, Gotland, Sweden
t-4: Davos, Switzerland
t-5: Montpellier, France
t-6: Eugene, Oregon, USA
t-7: Navarre, Florida, USA
t-8: Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

	Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia Host/Advisor: Rachel Germain (A few of my) collaborators: Mary O’Connor, Adam Ford hint: bio photos are clickable to find lab/researcher websites
	PhD through University of Zurich & Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Supervisor: Florian Altermatt Collaborators: Emanuel Fronhofer, Isabelle Gounand, Eric Harvey, Roman Alther, Elvira Maechler Dissertation Title: Keystone Shredders and the Headwater Stream Meta-Ecosystem
	Masters thesis through Uppsala University Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution Supervisors: Juha Alatalo (Uppsala) and Elisabeth Cooper (University of Tromsø) Thesis Title: Community, Functional Group, and Species Responses to Decades of Experimental Warming in the High and Low Arctic
	Research training at Campus Gotland Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution Supervisor: Juha Alatalo Collaborators: Ulf Molau (Gothenburg University) and Annika Jägerbrand (VTI Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute)
	WSL-Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Masters thesis through Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution Supervisors: Christian Rixen (SLF) and Herwig Stibor (LMU) Unofficial Supervisor: Julia Wheeler (SLF) Collaborators: Andrés Cortés (Uppsala University) and Janosch Sedlacek (Uni Konstanz) Thesis Title: Devil in the Details: Microtopographic and Microenvironmental Controls on Salix Herbacea Growth, Reproduction, and Herbivory
	Research stage at Cirad (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development) Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Evolution Supervisors: Hélène Jourdan (Cirad) and Elodie Chapuis (CEFE) Project Title:  Exploring the relationship between tychoparthenogenesis and inbreeding depression in the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria
	Research Technician/Field Manager, University of Oregon PI’s: Scott Bridgham and Bart Johnson Associates: Laurel Pfeifer-Mesiter, Lorien Reynolds, and many others Project Website: here
	Research Technician, University of Florida Supervisor: Margo Stoddard Project Title: Perceived Threats and Foraging Behavior of the Santa Rosa Beach Mouse
	Bachelors honors thesis and research assistantship at Dartmouth College Fieldwork at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colorado Supervisor: Rebecca Irwin Thesis Title: The Effects of Mine Disturbance and Contamination on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers