I am a research associate at the University of Idaho who currently studies the post-fire, bi-directional interactions between belowground microbial communities and forest dynamics in western North American forests. I am particularly interested in how aboveground disturbances (e.g., fire, insects, wind) interact with belowground microbial symbionts, pathogens, and saprotrophs. The causes and consequences of spatial patterns in forests (both above- and below-ground) are another key research interest - particularly as it relates to long-term forest growth, survival and climatic sensitivity.

I have a strong proficiency and interest in working with large datasets, particularly those with temporal replication, involving sequencing data, and using spatially explicit mapping of point patterns.