Associate Professor of Biology
Fitchburg State University
I am an evolutionary ecologist and behavioral ecologist. My interests focus on two broad topics of fish biology: adaptation and breeding behavior. These are important topics to study because they are two key aspects when trying to understand how organisms and species persist in their environment and how changes in the environment may effect the organisms that inhabit those ecosystems. My research involves both studies in the field and in the lab with natural populations of both freshwater and marine fish species. At heart, I am a scientist and naturalist and believe that only by incorporating a solid understanding of natural history into scientific pursuits can we fully understand the patterns and processes observed in nature.