

An invited talk at Gordon Research Seminar on Carotenoids
I am honored to be invited to give a talk at the upcoming Gordon Research Seminar on Carotenoids this summer. As one of 10 speakers from...


New Paper: Carotenoid Meta-analysis in Nature Communications
My second paper of the year and 5th total. This time, back to my roots, birds, with a meta-analysis that shows carotenoid-based feather...


New Paper: Bioconversion of dietary carotenoids by Tigriopus californicus
Starting the new year off right with a publication in the Journal of Plankton Research on the bioconversion of dietary carotenoids to...


New Paper on Honest Signaling Theory
Today, our paper on the mechanisms that might maintain honesty of colorful animal ornaments was published in a themed issue on Animal...


NSF I-Corps Program: Commercialization of Scientific Discoveries
When I began grad school, I told myself I would pursue any and all opportunities to learn new skills that I thought might help create...


NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG)
I am beyond excited to announce that I was awarded the NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant! This is the 3rd NSF award I have won...


My first lead-author paper is published in Ecological Indicators!
I received great news this morning that our paper on how copper exposure affects carotenoid metabolism in copepods has been accepted by...


A Lightning Talk at Society for the Study of Evolution Meeting in Austin, Texas 2016
In collaboration with Felipe Barreto from Oregon State University and Ron Burton from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I gave a talk...


Rebecca Koch and Ryan win Auburn Biology Department Awards
I was honored to be nominated for, and to receive the Margaret McNeal Arant Memorial Award in Zoology by the faculty in Biological...