Areas of Interest

My research integrates ecological modeling, advanced statistics, fieldwork, and laboratory methods to answer both basic and applied questions in fisheries science. I specifically focus on four, interrelated research areas: 1) science in support of ecosystem based fisheries management, 2) structure, function, and drivers of fish communities and marine ecosystems, 3) trophic dynamics and predator-prey interactions, and 4) fish population dynamics.

Areas of Interest

• Application of high-throughput sequencing to conservation and management of fishes
• Use of environmental DNA in water samples to monitor distribution and abundance of fishes
• Use of genetic data to make inference into the ecology and evolution of fishes, including divergence in adaptive and neutral traits, genetic stock identification, invasion genetics, and riverscape genetic structure
• Research spans a broad taxonomic range, including salmonids, cyprinids, tidewater goby, catostomids, Cottus, and other freshwater and marine fishes