Research
My mission is to support sustainable and equitable marine ecosystem management through advanced spatial ecology and prediction science. I develop and apply cutting-edge quantitative approaches to understand and predict spatial relationships in marine ecosystems across temporal scales. My research provides insights into how species distributions and predator-prey dynamics respond to environmental changes. I am particularly interested in how spatial and temporal scales impact our capacity to understand and predict ecological patterns. Throughout my work, I strive to generate actionable knowledge that stakeholders can immediately apply to marine spatial planning, sustainable resource management, and climate adaptation efforts.
To accomplish this mission, I work across four research themes:
- Climate biogeography: Mapping the redistribution of species and ecological communities under potential climate conditions to support adaptation planning efforts.
- Ecological forecasting: Validating existing frameworks and developing novel approaches to generate near-term predictions that inform management and conservation decisions at seasonal to decadal time scales.
- Predator-prey dynamics: Applying and enhancing joint species distribution models to understand how species-specific responses to ecosystem changes alter spatial and temporal relationships among predators and prey.
- Marine spatial planning and resource management: Incorporating model products into marine spatial planning, offshore wind energy development, and fisheries management to enhance resilience to future climate changes.
Climate Biogeography
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Current Projects
- Cross Boundary
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Ecological Forecasting
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Current Projects
- CINAR Forecasting Worksop
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- NASA FaCeT prediction across LMEs
Predator-Prey Dynamics
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Current Projects
- NECC
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Marine Spatial Planning and Resource Management
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Current Projects
- MAFMC