About Me

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Bill Fagan's lab at the University of Maryland, College Park. My research lies at the interface of geography and biology, with a broad interest in spatial ecology, animal movement, and organism-environment interactions.

More specifically, I study decision-making in movement ecology, asking how animals perceive, evaluate, and respond to dynamically changing landscapes such as melting ice, forage resources, seasonal barriers, and human-modified environments. My work combines spatial analysis, movement data, and environmental information to understand how landscape dynamics shape animal behavior and movement decisions.

I am currently working on the Fate of the Caribou Project, where I examine how dynamic landscape features influence caribou movement and migration.

Education

2021-2026 Ph.D. in Biological and Physical Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

2018-2020 M.S. in Geography, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA

2016-2017 Exchange in Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2013-2017 B.S. in Natural Geography and Resource Environment, Yunnan University, China

Experience

University of Maryland, College Park

Teaching Assistant: Aug 2022 - May 2026

BSCI 103 The World of Biology Lab (2026 Spring) (Section 1100, 1101)
BSCI 103 The World of Biology Lab (2025 Spring) (Section 1100, 1101)
BSCI 161 Principles of Ecology and Evolution Lab (2024 Spring) (Section 6307, 6407)
BSCI 161 Principles of Ecology and Evolution Lab (2023 Fall) (Section 6211, 6210)
BIOL 705 Statistics & Modeling for Biologists (2023 Spring)
BSCI 361 Principles of Ecology (2022 Winter)
BSCI 361 Principles of Ecology (2022 Fall) (Section 0101, 0102, 0103)