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 A central goal in ecology is to unravel the mechanisms behind the organization of natural communities. While species are the building blocks of ecological communities, the way in which these species interact is the glue that binds them together. Given that the world is currently undergoing a major biodiversity crisis, it is now---more than ever---imperative to understand how changes in both diversity and species interactions affect the provision of ecosystem services, and the persistence, robustness, and stability of the remaining community. My research aims to fill some of these gaps.

 I am currently a UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow   in the Ponisio Lab  at UC Riverside.  

I also work closely with  Paulo Guimarães  from São Paulo University (Brazil),    Jason Tylianakis, and Daniel B. Stouffer from the University of Canterbury  (New Zealand).