I currently work for the US Fish and Wildlife Service where I coordinate bat survey and data collection efforts in the eastern US. Our efforts aim to improve environmental permitting processes and occupancy models by addressing gaps in bat species distribution. I am a vertebrate ecophysiologist and bat ecologist by training. My academic research focused on the impacts of disease on host physiology and behavior, and how host traits influence disease outcomes. I am also interested in how interspecific variation in host traits lead to differential susceptibility in groups of at-risk host species. More broadly, my work examines the mechanisms that dictate energy expenditure decisions in mammals during times of energy limitation, such as hibernation, migration, or disease, and how animal physiology can be used as a tool for conservation.