Research Summary

I am a historical biogeographer with interests in modern and past plant communities and how they respond to natural disturbance. My research is aimed at understanding how climate influences ecosystem dynamics through time. I currently have projects in Ethiopia, Bolivia, the Caribbean and in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. The long-term impacts of climate-driven and human-caused landscape dynamics, including large-scale disturbances, produce a landscape with inherited ecological legacies.

Education

• B.A., Anthropology/Archaeology, University of Maine
• M.S., Quaternary Studies Program/Paleobotany, Northern Arizona University
• Ph.D., Department of Geography/Biogeography, University of Oregon

Biography