Degree Held:

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BS, Natural Science, University of Puget Sound

Degree Sought:

MS, Biological Sciences, Montana State University

Advisor: 

Danielle Ulrich, Ph.D.

Current Research Interests:

I conduct my research in the Ulrich Lab, where I focus on evaluating the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging for quantifying vegetation nutritional quality across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. I compare hyperspectral data with traditional multispectral indices and biochemical metrics from field-collected soil and vegetation samples to assess spatiotemporal patterns in forage quality and their relationship to summer elk movement and habitat selection. Through this work, I’ve developed skills in ecological field methods, spectral data processing, spatial analysis, and statistical modeling in R. My project contributes to broader efforts to monitor ecosystem change and inform wildlife and agricultural management in western landscapes. My research is supported by the John H. Rumley Scholarship I was awarded in Fall 2024, and a recently awarded graduate fellowship for the Fall of 2025 from the Montana Space Grant Consortium.