I am a postdoc and conservation scientist with a passion for biodiversity, geography, and finding ways to protect and restore wildlife and wild places. My research examines how changes in the distribution of agriculture affect biodiversity, focusing on two broad forces that are rearranging our world: agricultural expansion and agricultural abandonment. What will our current state of flux mean for where biodiversity can exist into the future?

Before landing in Princeton, I worked at the environmental NGO Sustainable Conservation, where I collaborated with the horticultural industry to stop the sale of invasive plants and worked with farmers, government agencies, utilities, and environmental organizations to facilitate riparian restoration projects in California’s Central Valley.

I defended my dissertation in environmental policy in 2022, and earned a degree in ecology & evolutionary biology from the University of Michigan in 2012. I like riding my bicycle, looking for birds, baking sourdough, taking pictures of clouds, and listening to Swedish music.