Research
Understanding wildlife in changing landscapes
My research seeks to understand how wildlife species and communities respond to environmental variation, habitat transformation, and human activities.
I combine field-based ecological monitoring with quantitative and spatial approaches to study species distributions, abundance, habitat use, ecological interactions, and biodiversity patterns across landscapes.
Much of my work focuses on terrestrial vertebrates in Latin America and the southern United States, while increasingly extending these approaches to broader questions in applied ecology and conservation.
Wildlife ecology & species interactions
I am interested in how species use landscapes, interact with one another, and respond to environmental change.
My work has examined patterns of occupancy, abundance, habitat use, and species co-occurrence, with particular emphasis on terrestrial mammals and wildlife communities monitored using camera traps.
These questions range from understanding carnivore interactions to evaluating how wildlife responds to habitat modification and human infrastructure.
Landscape ecology & conservation
A central component of my research examines how wildlife responds to landscapes that vary in habitat amount, configuration, fragmentation, and human influence.
I integrate remote sensing, geographic information systems, and field observations to study ecological responses across spatial scales and identify patterns relevant to wildlife conservation and management.
Quantitative ecology
Quantitative methods are an integral part of how I approach ecological questions.
My research uses hierarchical models, occupancy and abundance models, Bayesian methods, spatial analysis, and reproducible workflows in R to account for ecological complexity and imperfect observation.
I am particularly interested in connecting methodological development with applied ecological questions rather than treating statistical methods as an end in themselves.
From field observations to ecological inference
Camera trapping Occupancy models Abundance models Bayesian hierarchical models Spatial ecology Remote sensing GIS R & reproducible workflows