I’m a research mathematical statistician at NOAA where I develop and apply quantitative tools to answer natural resource management questions. My work has applied Bayesian optimization, spatio-temporal models, time-series analysis, simulation, hierarchical modelling across a variety of problems.

I did a PhD in the Punt Lab at the School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science at the University of Washington. I focused on developing quantitative models to answer questions regarding the effects of anthropogenic stressors, species-interactions, environmental processes, and demographic variability on aquatic and marine organisms. I also evaluated the impacts of climate and species interactions on fisheries management and whether integrating such processes into decision-making can improve management performance.

I was previously a Master’s student in the Leaf Lab in the Division of Coastal Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory focusing on the ecology and population dynamics of commercial and recreational fisheries. I also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru assisting the Peruvian Marine Institute (IMARPE; Instituto del Mar del Peru) with their work on artisanal fisheries, biodiversity, sea turtles, macroalgae, and oceanography in Paracas, Ica.

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