About

Like a lot of other biologists, I have been interested in animals since I was very young. I was a big fan of Steve Irwin as a kid and wanted to be a vet when I grew up.

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As an undergraduate, I worked as a field and lab tech in the University of Illinois' Cowbird Lab. As a field tech in the Cache River, I solidified my interest in being a researcher. 

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I have always been fascinated by the behavior of animals, and as I became more familiar with ornithology and ecology as a whole also became interested in the neural mechanisms behind behavior. 

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I am now a neuroethology MSc. student in Dr. Christopher Sturdy's Songbird Neuroethology Lab. I am currently researching rescue behavior in Black-Capped Chickadees.