Current Position

Chief Scientist, The eDNA Collaborative, University of Washington

Education

PhD, Stanford University, 2019

MS, Stanford University, 2016

BS, University of Notre Dame, 2014

My research focuses on studying environmental DNA (eDNA) in aquatic environments. I am interested in investigating the fate and transport of eDNA to better understand how to interpret results from both metabarcoding and quantitative PCR assays. I have worked on projects ranging from freshwater streams to coastal habitats to the ocean's mesopelagic zone. I use a combination of molecular biology paired with numeric ocean models to understand how long eDNA can last in water and how far it can be transported from the animal that shed it. When I am not in the lab or at my computer, I enjoy being outside.