I am a doctoral student in the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (FWCB) program and a Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SECASC) Global Change Research Fellow at North Carolina State University. I am interested in using quantitative methods to understand how forest management strategies impact wildlife biodiversity. I strive for my research to have direct application to wildlife policy and conservation efforts. I completed my B.S. in Biology and Environmental Science at William & Mary with an honors thesis supervised by Dr. Matthias Leu. My honors thesis focused on identifying the predominant factors that influence salamander abundance and species diversity in forested streams. While at W&M, I also completed the Conservation Research Program, where I used spatial methods and citizen science to identify hotspots of wildlife-vehicle collisions in northern Virginia.