About
My research interests revolve around questions at large scales in biology: big phylogenies, macroevolution over millions of years, global biogeography, etc. I approach these problems mainly with analyses of trait evolution and diversification in plants, using statistical tools like phylogenetic comparative methods and meta-analysis. Much of my work has focused on plant evolution in response to shifts in ploidy and climate.
Before coming to U-M, I was a postdoc at the University of Toronto with Tomomi Parins-Fukuchi, where I worked on analyses of phylogenomic discordance. For my current appointment, I am using meta-analytic methods to study how temperature drives functional trait evolution in plants.
Outside of research, I enjoy cinema, live music, civic engagement, and playing Pokémon Go.
Advisor: Thais Vasconcelos
