About Me

I'm an Assistant Professor of Biology in Natural Sciences Department at Piedmont College. I'm currently teaching General Biology and Invertebrate Zoology. My research focuses on the taxonomy and systematics of the Halonoproctidae, or trapdoor spiders, a poorly understood group with a world wide distribution. In my spare time I crochet and teach yoga and am always on the lookout for opportunities to participate in science outreach and sharing science knowledge with the public.

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EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Systematics of Mygalomorph Spiders

Using molecular phylogenetic methods to determine the relationships among an understudied group of arthropods.

Currently

UC Davis

Ph.D. Student, Entomology

Taxonomy of New World Ummidia

Using integrative methods to describe the unknown diversity in a wide-ranging group of trapdoor spiders.

Phylogeography of Halonoproctids in the CFP

Combining molecular and ecological data to describe the phylogeographic history of Bothriocyrtum and Hebestatis in the California Floristic Province.

2007 - 2011

Auburn University

M.S. Biology

2000 - 2004

Auburn University

B.S. Major: Zoology