Education
Ph.D. Zoology 2014: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Advisor: David W. Steadman
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Zoology 2007: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Ph.D. Zoology 2014: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Advisor: David W. Steadman
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Zoology 2007: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Academic Appointments
2019- current Consultant Staff affiliate, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Sept 2021 - May 2023 Research Assistant Professor University Nevada, Reno
Aug. 2018 - 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Reno, Nevada. PI: Julie Allen.
May 2016 - Aug. 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
PIs: David Steadman, Robert Guralnick, David Blackburn
August 2014- May 2016
Vertebrate Paleontology Postdoctoral Researcher, Museum of Natural Science
Louisiana State University
PI: Robb Brumfield
2019- current Consultant Staff affiliate, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Sept 2021 - May 2023 Research Assistant Professor University Nevada, Reno
Aug. 2018 - 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Reno, Nevada. PI: Julie Allen.
May 2016 - Aug. 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
PIs: David Steadman, Robert Guralnick, David Blackburn
August 2014- May 2016
Vertebrate Paleontology Postdoctoral Researcher, Museum of Natural Science
Louisiana State University
PI: Robb Brumfield
Awards, Grants, Fellowships (Full list upon request)
2021 - 2024: UNR Co-PI: NSF DEB: Collaborative Research: Origins and drivers of extinction of Caribbean avifauna. Budget: $416,352 of $755,260.
2020: Using ancient DNA and chronometry to document human-driven distribution changes and extinctions in insular systems. M. Lefebvre, J. Oswald, J. Allen, B. Mistretta, D. Steadman, R. Guralnick. Funder: FLMNH NH Research & Collections Proposals. Total: $9,817.44.
2012: NSF Nordic Research Graduate Research Fellowship
2011: National Science Foundation: Planning a Collaborative Program of Vertebrate Paleontology in Northwestern Peru
Principal investigators: Steadman, Oswald
2011: American Ornithologist Union Alexander Wetmore Research Award
2010: Wilson Ornithological Society Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award
2009: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2021 - 2024: UNR Co-PI: NSF DEB: Collaborative Research: Origins and drivers of extinction of Caribbean avifauna. Budget: $416,352 of $755,260.
2020: Using ancient DNA and chronometry to document human-driven distribution changes and extinctions in insular systems. M. Lefebvre, J. Oswald, J. Allen, B. Mistretta, D. Steadman, R. Guralnick. Funder: FLMNH NH Research & Collections Proposals. Total: $9,817.44.
2012: NSF Nordic Research Graduate Research Fellowship
2011: National Science Foundation: Planning a Collaborative Program of Vertebrate Paleontology in Northwestern Peru
Principal investigators: Steadman, Oswald
2011: American Ornithologist Union Alexander Wetmore Research Award
2010: Wilson Ornithological Society Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award
2009: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Teaching
Fall (2014), Spring (2016) I was the lead instructor of GEOL 1066 Dinosaurs, Catastrophes and Extinctions.
Fall (2014), Spring (2016) I was the lead instructor of GEOL 1066 Dinosaurs, Catastrophes and Extinctions.
