Education

PhD student (September 2022 - present)

Ecology (Environmental Studies) | University of Victoria | British Columbia, Canada

Thesis title: “Mobilizing species occurrence data for conservation prioritization”

Supervised by Brian M. Starzomski (UVic)

MSc (September 2020 - August 2022)

Biology | University of British Columbia | British Columbia, Canada

Thesis title: “Host specificity and ovipositor characteristics of adventive parasitoids proposed for the biological control of Drosophila suzukii

Co-supervised by Chandra E. Moffat (AAFC) and Robert G. Lalonde (UBC)

BSc (September 2015 - June 2019)

Zoology (Hons.) | University of British Columbia | British Columbia, Canada |

Honours thesis title: “Species composition of the parasitoid genus Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) varies at a local scale in Diplolepis variabilis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) galls”

Supervised by Robert G. Lalonde (UBC)

Directed studies title: “The party avoidance hypothesis: Remote sensing vertebrate diversity and habitat use in campus green spaces.”

Supervised by Adam T. Ford (UBC)

Other

WaspID Course | Pennsylvania State University (2022)

Field Entomology | Western Ghats, India | University of Guelph (2018)

Ontario Scholar and French Immersion Certificate | Ontario, Canada