Research Interests

Myrmecology (the study of ants), tropical ecology, systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography, community ecology, botany.

Courses Taught at MST

BIO SCI 1113 – General Biology Lecture
BIO SCI 1219 – General Biology Lab
BIO SCI 1223 – Biodiversity Lecture
BIO SCI 1229 – Biodiversity Lab
BIO SCI 2383 – Plant Biology Lecture (starting Fall 2025)
BIO SCI 2389 – Plant Biology Lab (starting Fall 2025)
BIO SCI 4010 – Senior Seminar
BIO SCI 5001 – Wildlife Conservation (field course in South Africa)
BIO SCI 5423 – Advanced Biodiversity (field course in Ecuador)

Education

• 2012 – M.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
• 2009 – B.S. in Entomology, University of California, Davis