A full list of my publications can be found ... here!

My two main undergraduate courses are Biology 350 (Field Course) and Biology 302 (Evolutionary Processes). Within our Department, I have also taught Biology 121 (The Diversity of Life), Biology 224 (Animal Body Systems), Biology 472 (Animal Behaviour), and Biology 410 (Current Perspectives in Environmental Biology). I am also active in graduate teaching and have taught courses in Integrative Organismal Biology, Mammalian Hibernation, and most recently developed and taught Graduate Research Skills in Biology.

Climate change Hibernation Phenology Quantitative genetics Wild mammal

My research program is most accurately described as integrative organismal biology of wildlife populations. We like to use different tools and theory (e.g., from physiological ecology, evolutionary biology, and quantitative genetics) to understand how variation in biologically important traits within a population arises, is maintained, and may influence future population and evolutionary trajectories. We primarily work with wild mammals, including red squirrels (as part of the collaborative Kluane Red Squirrel Project), ground squirrels and bats. If this is of interest to you, please reach out! We are always looking for keen people to join the group.

Ph.D., University of Alberta, Ecology and Environmental Biology, 2008

M.Sc., University of Regina, Biology, 2002

B.Sc. (with distinction), University of Calgary, Zoology and Ecology (double major), 2000