About

I am a PhD student & Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder. A biostatistician, quantitiative ecologist, and eco-evolutionary biologist, my work focuses on phenology—the temporal dynamics of key organismal life cycle events (i.e. growth, reproduction, maturation)—in response to variable environmental information. Specifically, I am interested in how the “information content” of common phenological cues has changed and how this non-stationarity in cue systems is impacting organisms’ ecology and evolution. My research is particularly motivated by phenological changes in high-mountain and agricultural ecosystems due to their importance for ecological reslience and human food & water security.

I have extensive expertise in hierarchical models of causality in the life-sciences. For my research, I develop novel models based on state-space and latent-variable frameworks, including time-to-event (“survival”) and hidden markov models.

Outside of research, I enjoy rock climbing, running, cycling, fly-fishing, reading, snowboarding, film photography, and most of all, spending time with my wife.

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Education

Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO
08.2024 - 05.2029 (expected)

B.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Certificate in GIS & Computational Science
University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO
summa cum laude, With distinction, GPA: 4.0
01.2022 - 12.2023

Associate of Science
Front Range Community College | Westminster, CO
08.2019 – 12.2021

Research Experience

09.2025 – Present
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow, Krell Institute

05.2025 – 08.2025
Graduate Research Assistant, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO

12.2023 – 08.2024
Professional Scientist I, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO

05.2023 – 12.2023
Remote Sensing Intern, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD

08.2021 – 12.2023
Data Management Assistant, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO

05.2021 – 08.2021
Field Research Assistant, Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site, Boulder, CO

Teaching

08.2024 – 12.2024
Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder
EBIO 4410 / 5410 Biological Statistics