Skills

R

I use R on an (almost) daily basis

linux

Shell scripts come in handy

GitHub

Basically code dropbox

Zotero

Reference manager advocate

Statistics

Parametric, non-parametric, univariate, and multivariate

Population Genomics

Currently working with SNP array data for Arctic charr

Geometric Morphometrics

Expert in body shape analyses

Stable isotopes

I use them to see what animals are eating

Data visualization

Nice graphs tell nice tales

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

PhD Candidate

Ferguson lab - University of Guelph

May 2015 – Present Guelph, Ontario

Responsibilities include:

  • Worked on investigating factors affecting the evolution of Icelandic Arctic charr morphs
  • Quantified morphological variation in various Arctic charr morphs and assessed the role of allometry in the diversificaiton process
  • Used stable isotope signatures to assess resource use of Arctic charr morphs
  • Used SNPs to assess the role of demography and selection during the divergence process
  • Mentored undergraduate students
  • Coordinator for the Univeristy of Guelphs R users group (UGRU)
 
 
 
 
 

Research assistant

Ferguson lab - University of Guelph

Jan 2015 – Apr 2015 Guelph, Ontario

Responsibilities include:

  • Assisted with genetic lab work, research projects, and aquaculture rearing of Arctic charr
 
 
 
 
 

Research assistant

Spence lab - University of Alberta

May 2014 – Aug 2014 Edmonton, Alberta

Responsibilities include:

  • Worked on non-native carabid beetle species: Pterostichus melanarius
  • Pitfall trapped a variety of arthropods on a 1200 x 250 meter trapping grid
  • Worked alone and in groups within a mixed stand forest at George Lake, Alberta
  • Assisted in setting up multiple experiments and data collection
  • Morphologically identified various arthropod species
 
 
 
 
 

Paleontological technician

The Royal Tyrrell Museum

May 2012 – Aug 2012 Drumheller, Alberta

Responsibilities include:

  • Worked on preparing fossils from the late Cretaceous period for the museum
  • Communicated geological and paleontological information to tourists and museum visitors
  • Completed a variety of field work in a semi-arid environment identifying, extracting, and transporting fossils.

Accomplish­ments

Ecological opportunity promotes diversifying selection and facilitates rapid phenotypic divergence in Icelandic Arctic charr

European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) 2019 Aug 2019
Presented a poster on the relationship between niche availability, phenotypic trade-offs, and gene flow during the morphological divergence process of Icelandic Arctic charr

University of Guelphs R users group (UGRU)

Univeristy of Guelph Sep 2018
Started as one of the co-organizers and facilitators of UGRU. I aided in planning the schedule for the R based working group, leading tutorials, and facilitating learning. The R users group works to promote cooperative learning in a friendly and stress free environment

Parallelism of morphological and ecological divergence in Icelandic Arctic charr

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) 2018 Jul 2018
Presented the same results from the charr conference (see below)

Parallelism of morphological and ecological divergence in Icelandic Arctic charr

Charr conference 2018 Jun 2018
Presented work from my PhD on the paralellism of morphological and ecological divergence. The talk outlines the relationship between morphological and ecological variation in replicate populations of Icelandic Arctic charr

CSEE 2018 organizing committee

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) Mar 2018 – Jul 2018
I was apart of the workshop and program organizing committees for the 2018 CSEE conference. I aided in putting together various workshops, including an R based workshop. I also aided in putting together the program and schedule for the conference.

The evolution of morphological divergence in Icelandic Arctic charr

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) 2017 May 2017
Presented work from my PhD on the morphological divergence of Icelandic Arctic charr. The talk outlined how allometric variation can affect and bias morphological divergence along parallel evolutionary trajectories during adaptive divergence

Transferred from MSc to PhD

University of Guelph Sep 2016
Transferred from the MSc program to the PhD program at the University of Guelph, in the department of Integrative biology

National Icelandic Biology Conference (NIBC)

University of Iceland Nov 2015
Presented a poster at the NIBC on my MSc work at the time

BSc ecological specialization with distinction

University of Alberta Jun 2015
Graduated from the University of Alberta (UofA) with distinction (3.7 gpa)

Upcoming Talks

Jan 1, 0001 12:00 AM

Publications

We have generated a high-density, high-throughput genotyping array for characterizing genome-wide variation in Arctic charr (Salvelinus …
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Organisms within a population show consistent behaviour differences and these differences may be due to chaotic dynamics throughout …
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Contact

  • 1456 Summerlee Science complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada