Experience

Metrum Research Group

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist I

  • Jul 2023 - Present

• Research Scientist II

  • Sep 2022 - Jul 2023

  Remote



Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

• Team Lead

  • Mar 2022 - Sep 2022

  Led a team of Ph.D. and MSc. level quantitative ecologists and statisticians. I worked with the statistics management team to balance workloads, target business development opportunities, and mentor scientific staff.

• Consulting Statistician

  • Jul 2021 - Sep 2022

  Laramie, Wyoming, United States Using statistics and machine learning to 1) find win-wins for renewable energy and wildlife and 2) support infectious disease forecasting and analytics.

• Biometrician

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2021

  Laramie, WY



The University of Georgia

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

  Athens, GA Conducted research aimed at empirically testing the ability of early warning signals to anticipate disease emergence and elimination.



Utah State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology

  • Aug 2014 - May 2018

  Conducted research aimed at understanding what drives population, community, and ecosystem fluctuations over time. Also developed new methods for forecasting the response of plant populations to climate change at landscape/regional extents.



Colorado State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• NASA Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellow

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2014

  Fort Collins, CO Developed theory linking tree harvest to the stability of savanna and forest biomes. Empirically tested ability of savanna trees to regrow under different herbivory and fire treatments.


U.S. Forest Service
• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee
• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2009 - Sep 2009

US Forest Service
• United States
• Government Administration
• Biological Technician

  • May 2008 - Oct 2008