I am an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
at CSU Sacramento interested in how variability and
global change shape plant communities.

Recent Publications

"Invasive species interact with climatic variability to reduce success of natives" is now published in Ecology.

"Impacts of invasive annual grasses and their litter vary by native functional strategy" is now published in Biological Invasions

"Invasive Grass Dominance over Native Forbs Is Linked to Shifts in the Bacterial Rhizosphere Microbiome" is now published in Microbial Ecology.

Current Research

Seed Dispersal & Persistence

Can seed traits help us understand patterns of dormancy, dispersal, and recruitment?

Rhizosphere Microbiomes

How does precipitation alter microbial community in the rhizosphere? Do precipitation driven shifts depend on the plant host identity?