I am an aquatic ecologist interested in the ecological and evolutionary processes that determine the structure and stability of populations and communities. My work focuses on freshwater planktonic systems (zooplankton and phytoplankton) and makes use of a variety of empirical approaches including field observations and experiments in both laboratory and field settings.I also occasionally dabble with mathematical models.

Current areas of interest include:

1. The impacts of dispersal, invasion history and enrichment on species diversity and compositional turnover (in space and time)

2. The effects of prey heterogeneity and weak trophic interactions on trophic structure and predator-prey dynamics

3. The effects of dispersal on population persistence, species diversity and community-level stability in environmentally forced metacommunities

4. The effects of environmental forcing and dispersal on the genetic diversity and clonal dynamics of Daphnia pulex populations.

5. The effects of salinity and road salt pollution on the structure and dynamics of pond zooplankton communities. Causes and consequences of intraspecific variation in salinity tolerance in Daphnia pulex populations.