I am an NSF postdoctoral research fellow in Catherine Linnen's lab, working on evolution of invasive white pine sawflies (Diprion similis). I am interested broadly in adaptation and speciation, in particular in host-associated phytophagous insects. 

My current NSF postdoc fellowship is aimed at using modern and historical D. similis specimens from preserved museum collections to address the history of invasion and subsequent host shift of this species originally native to Europe.