2020
Sad strategies: making really bad ideas work for you
I gave this talk as part of Biology on Tap, a monthly event for biology popular science talks.
2019
Talk: Delineating parapatric ranges using species distribution models and support vector machines: An example with three-toed sloths (Bradypus)
Despite growing understanding that biotic interactions may impose important constraints on distributional limits, species distribution …
Poster: Improving species range estimates for an arboreal species group with a parapatric distribution
Using support vector machines to mask out biotically unsuitable areas improves species range estimates for Bradypus.
Talk: Using SVMs to delineate parapatric ranges: An example with three-toed sloths (Bradypus)
Species distribution modeling (SDM) techniques are a common tool for estimating species ranges. These models typically rely only only …
Big vs. Small: Using ratios to compare life history strategies
I gave this talk to high school students in the first year of the Brown Scholars program to start off their unit on paleoneurobiology.
Talk: Using SVMs to model ranges of congeneric sloth species
Species distribution modeling (SDM) techniques are a common tool for estimating species ranges. These models typically rely only only …
Talk: STEM careers in museums
I gave this talk to young people at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Youth Center as part of a career talk from people working in …
2018
Talk: Macroevolution of dimensionless life history metrics in tetrapods
Organisms’ life history traits quantify their fitness strategies to navigate various energy allocation trade-offs between growth and …
2017
Poster: Macroevolution of dimensionless life histories in amniotes
Objectives: 1. Use Charnov’s dimensionless life history traits to visualize and quantify the life history strategies of amniotes. 2. …
Poster: Quantifying species tolerances and functional diversity using n-dimensional hypervolumes: a comparison of methods
Multidimensional hypervolumes enable ecologists to visualize the functional trait space occupied by an ecological community. …
