My current focus of interest is comparative physiology and physiological ecology, with an emphasis on evolutionary adaptation to environment. I find myself continuously awed by the diverse adaptations of flora and fauna to environmental extremes. I am committed to learning as much as I possibly can about how the world works. And I am intrigued with how biocomplexity might unveil a new theoretical framework for looking at the universe; one that allows simple rules to explain the intricate and puzzling exhibitions of behavior and function that occur in the natural world.

B.S. from Middlebury College, Department of Biology, Middlebury, Vermont. M.S. from University of Wyoming, Department of Zoology and Physiology, Laramie, Wyoming. Doctoral Candidate at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.