PhD in Biological Sciences, but I am a paleontologist who studies reptile and mammal origins. Most of my dissertation research was on South African fossils through collaborators at Wits and Iziko. Now, I study the origins of hearing in tetrapods at the American Museum of Natural History.

Experience

  • –present
    NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History

Education

  • 2025 
    Idaho State University, PhD

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