Research Summary

I am interested in understanding how the Fynbos Biome, South Africa, has evolved due to climate and anthropogenic changes over millennia. I am reconstructing fire histories at ~2-year intervals over the past 4,200 years to better understand climate-vegetation-fire-human linkages and hope that my research will provide a paleoecological context for understanding how climate and people have influenced fire in the Fynbos.

Education

• B.S., Natural Sciences - Geology emphasis, University of Puget Sound. Project: Foraging Ecology of Intertidal Crabs (H. oregonensis) at an Anthropogenic Sulfide Seep in Commencement Bay, WA
• M.S., Geology, University of Cincinnati. Project: Mosher, S. G., Crowley, B. E., Yanes, Y., Diefendorf, A. F., & Barone, R. (2020). Spatial variability in foliar carbon and nitrogen isotope values on tenerife reflects both climate and soils: Establishing a framework for future work. Acta Oecologica, 109, 103647.
• Ph.D. In Progress, Geography/Paleoecology, University of Utah