I am a statistical ecologist interested in the development and application of hierarchical Bayesian models for forest and wildlife management and conservation. I am an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Forest Science at North Carolina State University in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. Prior to joining NC State, I worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University in Dr. Elise Zipkin’s Quantitative Ecology Lab. I received my PhD in Forestry and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at Michigan State University in the Geospatial Lab of Dr. Andrew Finley.