I am a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Wyoming with research interests in morphology, behavioral ecology, and adaptation. My work focuses on phenotypes as basic units of evolution susceptible to behavioral variation, adaptation, and environmental change. I currently focus on raccoons as a study species which captures the phenotypic variation of an omnivore which thrives in novel environments as both an invasive species and a voracious urbanite. With a strong background in animal behavior and cognition, my work integrates ecology and behavioral variation with the study of geometric morphometrics to better inform behavioral interpretations of past life and to understand how future conditions will influence life today.