Research

I primarily use bat guano cores to reconstruct environmental, climatic, and ecological conditions of localized regions throughout the Holocene. Currently, I have used bat guano cores collected from the southeastern United States and I am looking to expand to new areas.

I use stable isotope analysis as a tool to better understand diet changes of animal species. I have applied stable isotope techniques to a variety of wildlife species including bats, bison, and prairie dogs to determine how landscape changes have altered their diet.

I use spatiotemporal analysis combined with charcoal records to determine anthropogenic, ecological, and climatic contributions to fire activity throughout the Holocene. 

I study various aspects of entomology including how land scape changes have altered insect species compositions and how invasive flowering plant species impact native pollinators.