I'm a post-doctoral scientist working in the Bermingham lab at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Naos Laboratories in Panama. My research focuses on the diversification of Neotropical birds and the diseases they carry. I employ a variety of research methods, but the collection and use of museum voucher specimens is a central theme of my work.

26 Sept 2009. NIH provides supplemental funding on our research into avian influenza transmission dynamics in the Neotropics. Read more about this work here.