As an early-career research scientist, my research interests include zoonotic arbovirus emergence, mosquito control biological control methods such as Wolbachia, and climate change/human impacts on arbovirus transmission dynamics and mosquito populations. I have a background in field research investigating insecticide resistance mechanisms and mosquito control measures in Guinea, West Africa and the Ifakara Health Institute in Bagamoyo, Tanzania.

I recently completed my PhD exploring the evolutionary dynamics of dengue virus, its interactions with biological control methods, and the human immune response to zoonotic spill-over events. Currently, I am working as a Postdoctoral Associate with the University of Florida, USA, at the Carson Center in Panama, exploring the impact of agroforestry on zoonotic arbovirus transmission in Darien, Panama as part of the Panama Agroforestry project.

I hold a Bachelor’s in Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA, Bachelor’s in Nursing, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA. A Master’s in Control of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, and PhD in Arbovirus Evolution, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AU.