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2026
- January 21 bifrost R Package Released on CRAN
- January 15 Publication: Morphological Responses to Climate Change
2025
- November 15 Guest Lecture on Molecular Systematics for EARTH 444
- October 15 Award: GSA Pardee Keynote Speaker Travel Award
- October 15 Completed Banbury Scientific Entrepreneurship Workshop
- October 10 Invited Keynote at the GSA Pardee Symposium
- October 1 OpenAI for Science Award
- September 15 Completed Oxford Research Software Engineering Workshop
- September 1 Travel Grants for Oxford RSE and Banbury Center Workshops
- August 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Weeks Lab (funded by the Packard Foundation)
- June 22 Presentation and AI Symposium at Evolution 2025
- June 18 Service: CVPR 2025 Computer Vision for Science Co-organizer
- March 1 Publication: Cetacean Mandibular Symphysis Diversity
- February 1 Publication: Skeletal Trait Measurements for Bird Species
- January 20 Publication: Habitat-Associated Substitution Rates in Deep-Sea Invertebrates
- January 10 Publication: Phylogenomic Discordance in Murine Rodents
- January 5 Society for the Study of Evolution Symposium Award
2024
- November 15 Workshop: Visualizing and Presenting Data (Fall Session)
- November 14 Publication: Phenotypic Evolution Patterns in Living Fossil Lineages
- August 1 Genome and life-history evolution link bird diversification to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
- July 30 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology
- June 21 Talk: Phenotypic Integration at the North American Paleontological Congress
- June 20 Service at NAPC 2024: Abstract Volume Editing
- June 19 Invited Speaker at the CVPR Computer Vision for Science Workshop
- June 18 Service: CVPR Computer Vision for Science Co-organizer
- May 15 Workshop: Visualizing and Presenting Data (Spring Session)
- April 12 Invited Talk at the Postdoctoral Symposium in Human Genetics
- March 8 Workshop: Technology Meets Creativity
2023
- November 22 Talk: Indo-Pacific Fish Conference
- November 10 Guest Lecture on Molecular Systematics
- October 15 Completed Deep Learning for Biologists Workshop
- August 15 Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Began
- June 23 Talk: Evolution 2023 Conference
- April 15 Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship Award
- April 3 CRAN Phylogenetics Task View 2023 Update
- February 15 Invited Seminar: University of Toronto Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- January 20 SSB Workshop on Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
- January 14 Talk: SSB Standalone Meeting in México City
- January 5 Publication: Mitochondrial Evolution and Migration Distance
2022
- December 10 Joined the Academic Parity Movement
- October 12 Invited Talk at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
- September 20 Invited Seminar: University of Michigan Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- July 15 Talk: III Meeting of Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution
- June 25 Talk: Evolution 2022 Conference
- June 10 Fieldwork: Boreal Migrant Collection in Michigan
- May 20 Completed Rackham Professional Development Certificate
- May 12 Invited Talk at Cornell EEB Evo Day 2022
- March 15 Completed Comparative Genomics Workshop
- February 15 Completed Machine Learning in R Workshop
- January 20 Invited Seminar: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
- January 15 Completed Shiny App Development Workshop
- January 5 Service: Co-maintainer for the CRAN Phylogenetics Task View
2021
- December 6 Guest Lecture: Evolution of Birds for Vertebrate Paleontology
- October 15 Invited Seminar: University of Michigan Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- June 24 Talk: Evolution 2021 (Seasonal Migration and Molecular Evolution)
- June 21 Talk: Evolution 2021 Virtual Conference
- June 15 Talk: American Society of Mammologists Meeting 2021
- June 4 Invited Talk for Friends of the U-M Museum of Paleontology
- April 20 Outreach: Michigan DNA Day Evolution Module
- March 15 Outreach: Ann Arbor Public Schools Evolution Presentations
- February 15 Publication: Mammalian Substrate Preference Across the K–Pg
- February 5 Publication: Genomic Phylogeography of the White-crowned Manakin
- January 25 Publication: Neotropical Savanna Bird Diversification
- January 15 Completed Advanced R Programming Workshop
2020
- November 20 Invited Seminar: University of Massachusetts Boston Biology
- October 15 Science Communication Certificate Completed
- October 14 Society for Vertebrate Paleontology 2020 Presentation
- September 15 Science Communication Fellow at the U-M Natural History Museum
- August 12 Invited Symposium Talk: North American Ornithological Congress
- March 15 Earned the Teaching in STEM Certificate
- March 10 Completed Postdoctoral College Teaching Short Course
- January 20 Publication: Timing the Extant Avian Radiation
2019
- November 1 Michigan Life Sciences Fellowship Began
- October 15 Publication: Leucocytozoon Diversity in Journal of Animal Ecology
- August 30 Publication: Tempo and Mode Dissertation
- August 1 Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Awarded
- June 15 Scientific Media Consulting for Netflix
- April 20 Grant: Melinda and Irwin Simon Student Research Fund
- April 15 NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Awarded (Declined)
2018
- December 1 Service: Graduate Teaching Assistant for BIOEE 1780
- August 20 Ernst Mayr Award Finalist Talk at Evolution 2018
- July 10 Symposium Talk at SMBE 2018
- July 1 Award: SMBE Young Investigator Travel Award
- June 30 Schmidt Science Fellows Finalist
- June 15 Publisher's Award for Excellence in Systematic Research
- June 10 Award: Society for the Study of Evolution Travel Award
- May 15 Publication: End-Cretaceous Forest Collapse and Modern Birds
- March 1 Publication: Bee Hummingbird Coevolution in Evolution
- January 20 Media Consulting: The Magic School Bus Rides Again
- January 15 Publication: Avian Lilliput Effect in Systematic Biology
2017
- September 15 Service: Cornell Graduate Student Preview Weekend
- September 1 Completed Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Workshop
- August 24 Special Symposium Talk at SVP 2017
- August 10 Talk: Ornithological Congress of the Americas Genomic Advances Symposium
- July 1 Grant: Paul P. Feeny Graduate Student Research Fund (2014-2017)
- May 15 Service: Cornell EEB Graduate Student Association Roles
- April 15 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
2016
- November 12 Larry King Memorial Keynote Lecture
- November 1 Guest Lecture: Cornell BioEE3730 Phylogenetic Systematics
- October 15 Invited Talk: SUNY Orange Community College
- September 26 Special Symposium Talk at GSA 2016
- September 15 Invited Seminar: Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Fall 2016)
- August 18 Talk: North American Ornithological Congress (Washington, DC)
- June 30 W.D. Hamilton Award Finalist
- April 20 Grant: Sigma-Xi Small Grant
- April 15 Invited Talk at SUNY ESF Earth Week
- April 10 Grant: Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grant (2016)
2015
- October 7 Publication: Comprehensive Phylogeny of Birds in Nature
- October 1 Grant: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Athena Fund Support (2013-2015)
- September 15 Award: Society of Systematic Biologists Graduate Student Research Award
- July 20 Talk: X Neotropical Ornithological Congress
- July 15 Award: NSF-Society of Systematic Biologists Travel Award
- July 10 Fieldwork: Brazil Manakin Vocalization Survey
- June 28 Talk: Evolution 2015 Conference
- June 26 Completed Phylogenetic Comparative Methods Workshop (Evolution 2015)
- April 20 Grant: Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grant
- April 15 Fellowship: Charlie E. Treman, Jr. Graduate Fellowship
- February 5 Invited Seminar: Cornell EEB EvoGroup
2014
- December 17 Publication: Inaguan Hummingbird Species Status Study
- October 15 Publication: Neotropical Cotingas Phylogeny
- September 15 Invited Seminar: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- July 20 Grant: Orenstein Fund
- July 15 Fellowship: Kramer Graduate Fellowship
- June 22 Talk: Evolution 2014
- June 20 Completed Next Gen Sequencing and Phylogenomics Workshop
- April 15 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- April 10 Fellowship: Tyson Graduate Fellowship
- January 25 Service: Graduate Teaching Assistant for BIOEE 2650
- January 20 Fieldwork: Kenya Field Ecology Teaching Assistant
2013
2012
2011
- October 15 Fieldwork: Guatemala Field Assistant
- September 15 Award: Yale Environmental News Photo Feature (2011)
- May 15 Fieldwork: Papua New Guinea Field Assistant
2010
- December 6 Invited Talk: Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
- August 26 Talk: 25th International Ornithological Congress
- June 27 Talk: Evolution 2010 Conference
- May 15 Research Technician Appointment at Yale Began
- May 15 Award: Louis Sudler Award for Creative and Performing Arts
- April 28 Invited Talk: Yale Davenport College Senior Symposium
- April 6 Invited Talk: Yale Davenport Mellon Forum
- January 15 Award: Natural History Magazine Online Photo Feature
- January 10 Award: Yale Environmental News Photo Feature (2009-2010)
2009
- December 17 Award: Smithsonian.com Photo of the Day Recognition
- November 15 Fieldwork: Ecuador Collecting Expedition Leader
- October 1 Grant: Mellon Forum Undergraduate Research Grant
- August 20 Fieldwork: Suriname Collecting Expedition Leader
- August 20 Invited Talk: National Conservation Division of Suriname
- May 30 Grant: Paul K. and Evelyn Elizabeth Cook Richter Scholarship
- May 28 Fellowship: Alan S. Tetelman Fellowship for Study Abroad
- May 25 Grant: Environmental Fellowship for Study and Research (2008-2009)
- May 22 Fellowship: Yale Science and Engineering Association Fellowship
- May 20 Fellowship: Yale Peabody Museum Summer Fellowship
- May 15 Grant: Yale College Dean's Research Fellowship in the Sciences
- April 15 Award: Photographer's Forum College Photography Contest Finalist
- January 15 Award: Yale Environmental News Photo Feature (2009)