I am a Ph.D. student at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State University. I work in Andrew Read's lab, studying how infection, diet and sickness behaviors impact the fitness of mosquito vectors.

 

I also collaborate with Matthew Thomas on artificial diet development for mass rearing Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes. A video on our work can be viewed here.

 

I love doing what I do. My day job lets me do fun and interesting science. My free time lets me trail run and teach yoga.