About
I am a marine science M.S. student from Richmond, Virginia, and a graduate of Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s in environmental science. I am studying how different coral reef fish species’ tolerances are when it comes to the combined pressure of warming and low oxygen. I am monitoring the reef fish of La Parguera, Puerto Rico, and running lab-based physiology assays to provide novel data that will set the stage to understand what aspects of reef fish communities are going to deteriorate first with continued extreme ocean weather. I am a licensed advanced open water diver and have a plethora of field experience, including time with the US Forest Service, in Iceland, and now in Southern Puerto Rico. Upon completion of my masters, I hope to pursue a PhD to continue studying how fish physiological performances are changing under global warming.
Joined
October 2026
