Field crew aboard RV Lance, Svalbard, Norway

My research seeks to understand how aquatic animals respond to changes in the physical environment (e.g. temperature) via changes in their physiology (e.g. lipid profiles) and ecology (e.g. feeding interactions). I am also interested in the ramifications of these organism-level responses for the structure and stability of food webs.

I combine theory with experimental and field-based methods to explore my research questions, and have worked in Arctic seas, subalpine lakes and floodplains. These study systems all share drastic seasonal fluctuations in environmental characteristics.

 Current Position:
January 2017: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga

Previous Positions:
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2013-2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, WasserCluster Lunz, Austria, 2012 - 2013
Ph.D. Environmental Science, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 2012
M.Sc. Environmental Science, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, 2007
B.Sc. Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2004