I am a postdoctoral research fellow in decision and conservation science at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. I have a background in ecology and conservation biology. I studied the movement patterns, habitat selection, and conservation of a small freshwater turtle in the coastal plain of the United States for my M.S. degree. Since then, I have worked as a state wildlife biologist developing habitat management plans and advising landowners how to properly conserve their property. For my PhD studies, I focused on broad-scale human-wildlife coexistence questions and the exposure of species to human pressure.
Experience
–present
PhD Candidate , The University of Queensland
Education
2014
Clemson University, Master of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
2011
Austin Peay State University, Bachelor of Science in Biology
Publications
2018
The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being, Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 229-236
2016
Community occupancy of herpetofauna in roadside ditches in a managed pine landscape, Forest Ecology and Management 361, 346-357
2016
Novel habitat use supports population maintenance in a reconfigured landscape, Ecosphere 7 (3)
2014
Anuran assemblages associated with roadside ditches in a managed pine landscape, Forest ecology and management 334, 217-231
2012
Further presence of Ranavirus infection in amphibian populations of Tennessee, USA, Herpetological Review 43 (2), 293-295