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Thank you for visiting our research page. We are a computational group at Tufts University working on Ecology and Evolution and Global Change Biology.

Our research asks "when is evolution important for explaining species' persistence, and why?" It's now clear that rapid climate change, habitat loss, disease spillover, and changing species interactions have driven many species to very low population abundance or extinction. And it's also clear that species can sometimes adapt rapidly to changing conditions, but we still know relatively little about the ecological, evolutionary, and genetic factors that facilitate or prohibit rapid adaptation. We combine theoretical population genetic models, genomic data, and observational ecological data to learn how population dynamics and adaptation are shaped by environmental change.

In addition to our research, we seek to enact positive change in our scientific and local communities, especially in terms of representation in science. We aim to be an explicitly anti-racist lab, and we welcome scholars of all ancestries, genders, disability statuses, and sexualities. The lab's anti-racism statement can be found here, and you can read more about our vision for DEI work in my application materials here.

Tufts undergraduates are more than welcome to contact us about research opportunities. At the moment opportunities are a bit limited, but we reasssess availability each semester as students graduate or positions open. Please fill out this form and we will get back to you if a position opens. For information about joining the lab, please visit the people page.