I am broadly interested in expanding the approach of restoration ecology beyond structural aspects, to include functional considerations such as food-web and ecosystem processes. During my Ph.D., I would like to apply this approach to studying dam removals in the Pacific Northwest. This research will draw on my master’s research at the Yale School of the Environment, where I examined the effects of a climate change restoration method on salt marsh food webs. My undergraduate research at Simon Fraser University further focused on using the ecosystem function of organic matter decomposition to monitor urban stream restoration. [co-advised with Ted Grantham]