I am currently a Ph.D. student in ethnobotany, and an NSF GRFP fellow at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. My research is centered on biocultural resilience: the ways that culture, language, and biodiversity interconnect to promote human and ecological well-being. My recent work has mainly focused on the complexity and value of ecological time-reckoning systems, in which plant phenology and other natural rhythms are observed as guides in agriculture, fishing, conservation, and other cultural practices. I’m also interested in folk taxonomy, entomophagy, magic, and general naturalist topics such as lichenology and entomology. 

My main field site is Vanuatu, and I have previously worked in both Vietnam and Mexico. 

I am a fellow of the Explorers Club, and a proud Explorers Club 50 honoree for 2025.