With the recent publication of our paper in Functional Ecology, I was approached to write a post for the journal's companion blog, Functional Ecologists! This presents an overview of the paper, a little bit about how we did the work, and most of all how I grew as a scientist. The research paper itself took many years. As a result, the blog post provided space for a reflection on those years and the ways I've grown as a scientist. I return time and time again to how grateful I

Recent feature in the UM Research magazine

In July of 2025 I was pleased to present some results of our hummingbird agonism project to community members in the Centennial Valley at the Taft-Nicolson Center . Knowledge on Wednesdays is an event series organized by the Centennial Valley Association to gather scientists, naturalists, ranchers, federal and NGO employees. It was a great time sharing science, sharing a meal, and winding down while watching the sun set on the valley!

Interview with collaborator Alyssa Sargent about my talk at SICB.

Over the summer, the University of Montana flight lab was busy hosting participants from Sentinel High school and Wings Over Water-- a...

Dr. Rico-Guevara and myself had the privilege to highlight some of our work with the Burke Museum last month, and they made a beautiful...

One of the components of my role currently in the Behavioral Ecophysics Lab is make projects easier! If you look lower in my feed here...

The Covid-19 pandemic has been hard on many work spaces, museums and labs not excluded. The Burke Museum's Spring Gala looks different as...

I hosted a Virtual Open Door at the Burke Museum this month! I talked about the Behavioral Ecophysics Lab, hummingbird metabolism,...

November 2020 The Behavioral Ecophysics Lab had a great time talking science, college, career pathways and networking techniques with...