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About Me
I am a former professional ballet dancer who is now a researcher in the fields of evolution, behaviour, and ecology. After dancing with ballet companies such as the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, I hung up my pointe shoes and went to McGill University for my BSc. I received my PhD from McGill University, and I am currently an NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. I am also a Research Fellow in the Sciences at Clare Hall. My third passion after science and dance is photography, which bridges the gap between my interests in art and science. |
Photo by Claudio Calligaris
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Academic Positions
2017-present
2016-present
2016-2017
2016-2017
2017-present
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
2016-present
- Research Fellow in the Sciences
2016-2017
- Le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT) Postdoctoral Fellow
2016-2017
- Phyllis and Eileen Gibbs Travelling Research Fellow
Puerto Rico, Photo by Chris Rush
Education
- Ph.D., Biology, McGill University, Canada (2009-2016)
- B.Sc., First Class Honours Biology, McGill University, Canada (2005-2009) Honours thesis: The effects of dissolved oxygen levels on critical swimming speed in an African Cichlid
Media
- 2015 British Ecological Society Photo Contest Winner - Press Release
- 2012 McGill feature - Making History Spring 2012
- 2010 McGill feature - McGill Principal's Report
- 1998 dance review - New York Times
- 1997 dance review - New York Times
Reviewer for The American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, Animal Biology, Aquatic Ecology, Axios, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Ecology and Evolution, Evolution, Evolutionary Applications, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Fish Biology, PLoS One, Royal Society Open Science, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences