News and Updates

September 2025

Honored to share that I’ve been awarded the 2026 Plant Conservation Biology Fellowship from the Oak Spring Garden Foundation! Excited to spend two weeks on their estate finishing my dissertation and writing about plant conservation.

August 2025

Just got back from an incredible experience contributing to a 30-year plant demographic study in the Alaskan Arctic. What an amazing, beautiful, and wild place. Can’t wait to go back!

June 2025

Had an amazing time at Evolution 2025— Grateful for the chance to share my work on how phenological shifts are impacting plant fitness. Until next time!

April 2025

I was awarded the Christopher G. Cooper Assistantship Award by the UGA Graduate School! This award will support me through th 2025-2026 academic year.

March 2025

Just spotted the first cotyledon in my Claytonia virginica germination trial! I was honestly pretty pessimistic it would work, but here we are! Can’t wait to see how these plants perform under different climate conditions. 🌎🌱🌸

December 2024

I had a wonderful experience presenting my spring wildflower phenology research at the British Ecological Society Meeting in Liverpool! So many great connections and future collaborations.

October 2024

I ❤️SePPCon! Honored to give a talk on my work understanding Fothergilla milleri population dynamics to the Southeastern Partners in Plant Conservation Conference, a room full of plant conservation practitioners. Incredibly inspiring week! 🌎🌱

October 2024

Just wrapped up a fantastic weekend at the Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Meeting! Great talks, conversations, and amazing people. Honored to be recognized as the runner-up in the student lightning talk competition!

March 2024

I advanced to candidacy!!

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