My primary research objectives lie in the application of  microsatellite markers to the study and conservation of  aquatic organims.

Landscape genetics

Population genetic structure of a freshwater mussel (Leptodea fragilis) and its larval host, the freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), in the Illinois River Basin: Assessing the effect of dams on a host-parasite relationship

Reproductive biology/behavior 

The study of mating systems  and cryptic female choice via parentage analysis of clutches of  the oviparous clearnose skate, Raja eglanteria.