I’m a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences and a Research Associate in the Departments of Fisheries Biology and Forestry Wildland Resources at Cal Poly Humboldt. My research uses population genomic and phylogenetic comparative methods on ‘big data’ – generated via whole-genome sequencing or mining public bioinformatic and biodiversity databases – to explain the ecology and evolution of marine animals and fungal-like plant pathogens. I’m especially interested in understanding how rates of molecular, phenotypic, and species evolution vary over eco-geological timescales with respect to mutualisms, climate change, and conservation.