I am a research associate currently developing novel Bayesian statistical methodologies for spatio-temporal problems, although in general I enjoy developing Bayesian methods to approach challenging ecological and biological problems. I have a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology with concentration in statistics and a MS in Statistics, both from the University of Florida. Before coming to MSU I was a postdoctoral fellow jointly at SAMSI (in connection with the Mathematical and Statistical Ecology workshop) and in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University.