Comparative & Ecological Physiology
"A jack of all trades is a master of none... but certainly better than a master of one"
My research is a synthesis of metabolic physiology, thermal biology, and movement ecology in the Anthropocene. What I enjoy about comparative and ecological physiology is that it requires a wide skillset and toolkit to take on challenging and complex questions. While it is important to have an expertise to bring to the table, being able to communicate across disciplines is paramount in this age of globalized science. As a life-long learner, I enjoy dabbling into other disciplines and seeing how those techniques and methods can be applied to my research. Below is a brief highlight of my research themes. |
Research Themes
Metabolic PhysiologyEnergy acquisition and utilization are central to all activities, which are also bounded by how animals integrate sensory cues to select and occupy different habitats. This theme focuses on how animals interact with their habitat under anthropogenic environmental stressors.
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Thermal BiologyTemperature affects everything, and governs any process that involves a flow of energy. This theme focuses on integrating temperature and heat exchange between the animal and its environment by monitoring free-living animals and modelling heat transfer.
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Movement EcologyAs movement is essential for nearly everything an animal does throughout its lifetime, this theme focuses on detailed analysis of daily and seasonal movement as a starting point for questions about life-history and ecology for our study animals.
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Research Highlights Through The Years
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Throughout my career I have worked with a range of study organisms all linked by a common thread: animal-habitat interactions. The benefit to working with different systems is that it it keeps the wheel of ideas constantly churning.
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