2022
- October - Paper "Hydrology-mediated ecological function of a large wetland threatened by an invasive predator" has been accepted in Science of the Total Environment. PDF
- August - Paper "Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland" has been published ahead of print in Freshwater Science.
- April - Paper "Two new records of aquatic Hemiptera (Belostomatidae, Mesoveliidae) from southern Florida, with keys to the genera Belostoma and Mesovelia in Florida and the northern Caribbean" has been accepted in Aquatic Insects.
- April - Paper "Cue reduction or general cue masking do not underlie generalized chemical camouflage in pirate perch" has been published in Ecology. PDF
- March - Paper "Aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) of Everglades marshes with additional records from Everglades National Park, Florida, USA" has been published in the Coleopterists Bulletin. PDF
- February - Paper "A wolf in sheep's clothing: predatory fish have convergent consumptive effects but divergent predation-risk effects" has been accepted in Ecosphere. PDF
2021
- December - Paper "The aquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of marshes in the Florida Everglades" has been published in the Florida Entomologist. PDF
- November - Paper "Complex multi-predator effects on demographic habitat selection and community assembly in colonizing aquatic insects" has been published in Ecological Monographs. PDF
- November - Paper "Patch size drives colonization by aquatic insects, with minor priority effects of a cohabitant" has been published in Ecology and Evolution. PDF
- October - Paper "Geographic variation in Culex oviposition habitat selection responses to a predator, Notonecta irrorata" has been published in Ecological Entomology. PDF
- May - Paper "Predator-specific responses and emergent multi-predator effects on oviposition site choice in gray treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis" has been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. PDF
- April - Presented a talk "The aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera of Everglades marshes" at the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration conference.
- March - Paper "Complex non-consumptive effects of multiple predators on habitat selection in colonizing aquatic insects" has been accepted in Ecological Monographs.
- January - Paper "Match and mismatch: Integrating consumptive effects of predators, prey traits, and habitat selection in colonizing aquatic insects" has been published in Ecology and Evolution. PDF
- January - Paper "Temperature but not nutrient addition affects abundance and assemblage structure of colonizing aquatic insects" has been published in Ecology. PDF
2020
- December - Paper "First record of Hydrophilus ensifer Brullé (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in the continental United States" has been published in the Coleopterists Bulletin. PDF
- October - Paper "Aquatic beetles influence colonization of disparate taxa in small lentic systems" has been published in Ecology and Evolution. PDF
- September - Presented a talk "Aquatic insects and the roles of consumptive and non-consumptive effects in structuring freshwater communities" for the FIU Biology Seminar Series.
- June - Paper "Aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) of the University of Mississippi Field Station, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA" has been published in the Coleopterists Bulletin. PDF
- March - Paper "A comparison of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera) inhabiting natural habitats and experimental mesocosms at the University of Mississippi Field Station" has been published in Aquatic Insects. PDF
2019
- December - Paper "Patch size as a niche dimension: aquatic insects behaviorally partition enemy-free space across gradients of patch size" has been published in the American Naturalist. PDF
- September - Started a new postdoc at Florida International University
- August - Presented a talk "Patch occupancy by aquatic beetles influences colonization of disparate taxa in lentic systems" at the Ecological Society of America conference in Louisville
- April - Presented a talk "The aquatic beetles of the University of Mississippi Field Station" at the University of Mississippi Field Station Science Conference.
2018
- December - Paper "Refilling temporary ponds has timing-dependent effects on Hyla gratiosa performance" has been published in Freshwater Biology. PDF
- September - Paper "Filling ephemeral ponds affects development and phenotypic expression in Ambystoma talpoideum" has been published in Freshwater Biology. PDF
- August - I presented a talk "Match and mismatch between predation risk and colonization decisions in aquatic insects" at the Ecological Society of America conference in New Orleans.
- June - Paper "Colonization across gradients of risk and reward: nutrients and predators generate species-specific responses among aquatic insects" has been published in Functional Ecology. PDF
- March - Paper "Variation in pond hydroperiod affects larval growth in southern leopard frogs, Lithobates sphenocephalus" was published in Copeia. PDF
- March - Paper "Predation risk and patch size jointly determine perceived patch quality in ovipositing treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis" was published in Ecology. PDF
- January - I started a postdoc at the University of Mississippi
2017
- December - Paper "Larval development varies across pond age and larval density in Cope's gray tree frog, Hyla chrysoscelis" was published in Herpetologica. PDF
- November - Presented a 10-minute talk, lightning bug talk, and a poster at the Entomological Society of America meeting in Denver
- September - Paper "Context-dependent colonization dynamics: regional reward contagion drives local compression in aquatic beetles" was published in Journal of Animal Ecology. PDF
- September - Paper "Patch size influences perceived patch quality for colonising Culex mosquitoes" was published in Freshwater Biology. PDF
- August - Paper "Prey-driven control of predator assemblages: zooplankton abundance drives aquatic beetle colonization" was published in Ecology. PDF
- August - Presented a talk at the ESA meeting Portland, Oregon on my paper "Prey-driven control of predator assemblages: zooplankton abundance drives aquatic beetle colonization" PDF Video
- June - Paper "Relative predation risk and risk of desiccation co-determine oviposition preferences in Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis" was published in Oecologia. PDF
- June - Paper "Out with the old, in with the new: oviposition preference matches larval success in Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis" was published in the Journal of Herpetology. PDF
- May - Paper "Persistence of an egg mass polymorphism in Ambystoma maculatum: differential performance under high and low nutrients" was published in Ecology. PDF
- March - Paper "Tree leaf litter composition drives temporal variation in aquatic beetle colonization and assemblage structure in lentic systems" was published in Oecologia. PDF
2016
- December - Paper "Functional diversity of non-lethal effects, chemical camouflage, and variation in fish avoidance in colonizing beetles" was published in Ecology. PDF
- September - Presented a talk at the INTECOL International Wetlands Conference in Changshu, China
- July - Presented a poster and a talk at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in New Orleans
- June - At the Evolution 2016 meeting in Austin, I presented a talk and a poster on my research
- April - Winner of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology section in Sigma Xi's Student Research Showcase
- January - Selected to receive the Ecological Society of America's Graduate Student Policy Award
2015
- November 18 - Presented prospectus seminar to the Biology Department
- October 22 - Competed in the University of Mississippi's 3-Minute Thesis competition
- March 14 - I presented some of my research on beetle habitat selection at the Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference
2014
- June 1 - I've moved to the University of Mississippi to conduct research at the University of Mississippi Field Station
- May 29 - I presented my research at the World Forum of Young Scientists in Baku, Azerbaijan, which I received a full scholarship to attend
2013
- August 7 - After receiving a full scholarship, I attended Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong