Status:

• Post-Doctoral Researcher, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana
• Project Co-Director, Science Goes Spatial: Geotechnologies Research
  

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Montana, 2006, Ecosystems Ecology
  
• M.A., University of New Mexico, 1999, Biogeography
• B.A., University of New Mexico, 1996, Archaeology

Major Research Interests:

• Climate change effects on ecosystems
• Disease ecology and disease forecast models
• Global change biogeography
• Ecosystem functions and processes
• Spatial cognition and spatial analytical tools for education

Current Research Projects:

	Modeling for vector-borne disease emergence using remotely sensed data and bioclimatology: spatial and temporal patterns in hantavirus risk based on interactions between climate, landscape, and disease reservoir populations. Research aims to develop models to predict effects of global climate and landcover changes on vector-borne diseases, based on the assumption that such significant abiotic and biotic changes perturb complex ecological systems.
	Forecasting regional patterns in climate change and disease emergence: development of prediction models for effects of changes in temperature and precipitation on emergence and resurgence of human diseases.
	Range analysis and habitat modeling and mapping for conservation of African wild dog populations, Botswana.
	Development of tools and curricula to enhance spatial literacy: creation of a national model for improving the teaching and learning of science in grades 5-12, using geotechnologies tools and concepts. Development of tools and curricula for global change education.

Teaching:

• Biogeography (Geography 426, Spring 2007)
• Climate Change: Science and Society (Forestry 595, Spring 2007)

Current CV