ABOUT MEWildlife Biologist, Conservationist, Camera Trapper
I am a recent PhD graduate from the Human-Wildlife Interactions Research Group at the University of Saskatchewan, advised by Dr. Doug Clark. My PhD research focused on anthropogenic and environmental mechanisms that affect polar bear nutritional status and that drive polar bear visitation to infrastructure in the Western Hudson Bay area. More broadly, I am interested in carnivore ecology and human-wildlife interactions.
I received my MSc from Washington State University in 2015, while working at the WSU Bear Research, Education, and Conservation Center with Dr. Charlie Robbins and Dr. Lynne Nelson. It was there that I first worked with bears, and where I gained a special appreciation and respect for all members of the Ursidae family. My undergraduate career was spent at SUNY Oswego, where I was was lucky enough to have access to an on-campus field station and the beautiful backdrop of Lake Ontario. I graduated in 2010 after having written my Honors thesis on North American river otter reintroduction efforts in the state of New York. When I'm not busy drafting or editing manuscripts or crunching numbers for analyses, I enjoy spending time outdoors - horseback riding, camping, hiking, cycling, skiing, and kayaking. I'm an amateur photographer with a focus on wildlife and landscapes, and I am a fur-mom to five dogs, a cat, and a horse. |
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Exciting News!
Our Zooniverse page, The Arctic Bears Project, is a place where you can go see all the interesting Arctic species we see on our trail cameras and help us with our research! Go check out the project, read about what we do and our research goals, and learn how to ID several different species of Arctic animals! Photos are uploaded every year, as available.
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Photography Gallery
Dabbles into Wildlife & Landscape Photography
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I will be uploading more images on a separate page here as I get my photographs watermarked. But here is a taste of some of my photography from my Wapusk National Park trip!
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