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2016-2023

PhD 

Indiana University

Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

2012-2016

AB

Washington University in St. Louis

Ecology and Evolution

Education

Teaching

Awards

  • Outstanding Postdoc Award for Service to the Academic Community, University of Minnesota

  • International Society for Neuroethology Konishi Neuroethology Prize

  • Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Travel Award

  • Postdoctoral Association Career Development Award, University of Minnesota

  • Nominee, Division of Comparative Endocrinology Aubrey Gorbman Award for Best Student Oral Presentation, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

  • Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB) Summer Fellowship 

  • William J. Rowland Mentoring Award, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB)

  • Indiana University’s Graduate and Professional Student Government Research Award

  • Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB) Fellowship

  • Department of Biology Louise Constable Hoover Fellowship 

  • Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB) Fellowship 

  • International Society for Neuroethology Heiligenberg Student Travel Award 

  • Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Grant-in-Aid of Research 

  • Indiana Academy of Science Senior Research Grant 

  • Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity (CTRD) NIH Training Fellowship 

2024-present

Postdoctoral

Associate

University of Minnesota

​Entomology (2025-present)

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (2024)

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Fall 2026

Instructor of Record, University of St. Thomas

Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution​

Fall 2024

Instructor of Record, University of Minnesota

Animal Communication

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2016-2023

Associate Instructor, Indiana University

Biology of Birds

Biology of Sexual Diversity       

Animal Behavior         

Evolution

Biology of the Senses     

Introduction to Biology Laboratory

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