I
joined the Mt. Graham red squirrel monitoring project, headed by Dr. John
Koprowski, as a wildlife biologist in 2005.
I am responsible for the project's spatial data sets, processing
telemetry data, analyzing squirrel space use, hiring and keeping track of the
telemetry research assistants, contributing to project publications, and
carrying out fieldwork at our field sites on Mt. Graham and in the White
Mountains. I am also fortunate to be
able to help out with other research projects within our lab group. Since joining the project I have developed an
inordinate fondness for squirrels, especially tree squirrels, and enjoy
studying their behavioral ecology and close association with forested
landscapes. I am also very interested in
the ecology of sky islands and the amazing faunal diversity of the southwest.
Prior
to joining the project, I received my master's degree at Idaho State University
with a post-baccalaureate certificate in geotechnoloiges. My previous research projects have included
the thermal ecology of burying beetles, and how burying beetle population
density tracks their resource base (rodent density) in alpine meadows. I have also worked on projects monitoring
birds, modeling groundwater pollution and sediment layers using spatial
statistics, and creating habitat models.
I
joined the Mt. Graham red squirrel monitoring project, headed by Dr. John
Koprowski, as a wildlife biologist in 2005.
I am responsible for the project's spatial data sets, processing
telemetry data, analyzing squirrel space use, hiring and keeping track of the
telemetry research assistants, contributing to project publications, and
carrying out fieldwork at our field sites on Mt. Graham and in the White
Mountains. I am also fortunate to be
able to help out with other research projects within our lab group. Since joining the project I have developed an
inordinate fondness for squirrels, especially tree squirrels, and enjoy
studying their behavioral ecology and close association with forested
landscapes. I am also very interested in
the ecology of sky islands and the amazing faunal diversity of the southwest.
