About Me
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biology,
St. Francis College
I started my current position as an Assistant Professor of Biology at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY in Fall 2021.
I am committed to creating equitable, inclusive teaching and research experiences for all my students. You can read more about this here.
As an instructor and mentor, I find that the most rewarding part of teaching is to actively involve students in learning so they can internalize discovery and develop their passion for science. I am committed to developing each student's intellectual potential and cultivating a lifelong appreciation of science and learning. I am passionate about creating equitable classrooms where students can feel confident asking questions, can use active learning to think critically about key biological topics, and can be excited to explore the world around them.
Previous work: Adjunct Professor of Biology, The College of New Jersey
I was an adjunct professor in the Department of Biology at The College of New Jersey from Fall 2019-Spring 2021. I instructed Ecology and Field Biology (Bio-221; Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021), Foundations of Biological Inquiry (Bio-201; Spring 2020), and Teaching Pedagogy for Undergraduate Biology Course Assistants (Bio-300; Fall 2020, Spring 2021).
Previous work: Adjunct Professor of Biology, Stony Brook University
I was an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University in the Summer of 2019. I instructed Applied Ecology & Conservation Biology (Bio-356).
Graduate work: Dept. of Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University
I conducted my Ph.D. with Dr. Stephen Baines in Stony Brook University's Ecology and Evolution department. I studied consumer selectivity based on prey elemental content, focusing on the marine copepod, Acartia tonsa. I am currently writing up my results from several laboratory projects, as well as a modeling project.
I also worked on a project examining zebra mussels in the Hudson River with Dr. Stephen Baines. More details about my hand in this project can be found on my current & previous research page.
Undergraduate education and early post-graduation career
I went to Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA for my undergraduate degree. While there, I performed research with Dr. Erika V. Iyengar on both aquatic and marine invertebrates, and gave posters and a talk at both local and national conferences. I kept a very busy course schedule at Muhlenberg, and majored in both Biology, with Highest Honors, and English. Within my majors, I respectively focused on invertebrate ecology, and European literature written between the Renaissance and Victorian eras.
I also studied abroad in Australia at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. I would highly recommend studying abroad! I met lots of wonderful people and made close international friends, took a bunch of interesting courses, traveled to amazing field sites on the Great Barrier Reef, and explored the amazing countries of Australia and New Zealand.
After graduating from Muhlenberg, I worked as a seasonal technician with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (now CT DEEP) on Atlantic salmon restoration efforts. Next, I worked as a laboratory technician for Dr. Mark Urban at the University of Connecticut, working with salamander metapopulations across New England's temporary ponds.
Please check out my previous research for more about projects I've worked on and pictures of my work.
Please feel free to contact me using the form below to ask any questions you may have regarding my work, or to request a copy of my C.V.
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