M.Sc. Candidate
Co-supervised by Robert Scheibling (Dept. of Biology, Dalhousie University)
CURRENT RESEARCH
My research focuses on sessile 
benthic invertebrate assemblages from coral reef communities in the Red Sea. I am interested in what processes affect patterns of recruitment for different invertebrate taxonomic groups on a floating experimental reef (FER), a land-based artificial reef, and the natural reefs in Eilat, Israel. Of particular interest is the effect that herbivorous fish have on invertebrate colonization by consuming larval settlers as they graze. The main objective is to disentangle the mechanisms of change in coral reef communities in natural and artificial environments. This is directly applicable for the effective management and conservation of endangered reef fauna.
EDUCATION
Dalhousie University, Department of Biology
M.Sc. Candidate
September 2015-Present
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
Department of Anthropology
B.A. Honours in Archaeology, Minor in Biology
May 2013
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (National; 2015)
Nova Scotia Innovation and Research Entrance Graduate Scholarship 2015
Florence L. Murray Memorial Scholarship (Institutional; 2012)
Carlton C. Covey Scholarship (Institutional; 2011)
Sir George E. Foster Scholarship (Institutional; 2011)
UNDERGRADUATE THESES
Archaeology Honours Thesis: The Ethnobotany of an Empire: Cultural Implications of Imperialism through Diet Reconstruction and Botanical Analyses from Roman Britain.
Supervisor: Maria Papaioannou
Biology Independent Study Thesis: An Investigation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis at Killarney Lake in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Supervisor: Les Cwynar
WORK AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Volunteer Research Assistant – Larval and Deep-Sea Ecology Lab
Dalhousie University, October 2014 – April 2015
Volunteer Research Assistant – Benthic Ecology Lab
Dalhousie University, October 2014 – April 2015
Teaching Assistant, Field Methods (Cumidava Archaeological Research Project)
Archaeotek – SUNY Buffalo, June 2012 – August 2013
Lab Research Assistant – Tasmanian Macro-charcoal Project
University of New Brunswick, November 2011 – May 2013
Teaching Assistant, Botany (BIOL 2083)
University of New Brunswick, September 2012 – December 2012
Field Research Assistant – White Pine History in the Boreal Forest
University of New Brunswick, May 2012 – August 2012
Unit Supervisor (Qubur el-Walaydah Archaeological Project)
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, July 2011 – August 2011
Marine Benthic Ecology and conservation 