PhD Biology, 2017, Drexel University
BS Biology, 2008, Louisiana State University

Current Research Interests:

  • Behavioral Ecology of group aggression and defense in social insects
  • Thermal ecology of Neotropical army ants (subfamily:Dorylinae)
  • Climate Change
  • The evolution of larval sticky tubercles in subfamily Ponerinae
  • Human-safe pesticide identification and development