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Outside the lab, I work on projects promoting data accessibility and work at the UBC library, where I provide data analysis consultations and develop R workshops.

I am also an avid triathlete. I’m part of the UBC Triathlon Sports Club team and qualified for the 2024 70.3 World Championships.

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Other Data Accessibility Projects

  1. Gathering baseline macoralgae data at an urban intertidal site: There is a lack of publicly accessible baseline data in ecology in general. My colleagues and I are working to change this for our local macroalgae (big seaweeds) by conducting monthly transect sampling at Stanley Park. We publish our data on an open access database and I developed an RShiny app for easier data visualization.
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Kelps and Microbial Ecology

Kelps are vital for the health of temperate coastlines, providing habitat, food, and modifying water conditions within their canopy. Additionally, kelp farming is a growing industry, already worth billions of dollars annually. However, wild and farmed kelps are vulnerable to climate change. Thus, these valuable services kelp provide are at risk.

Microbes, bacteria in particular, have been used as a toolkit to increase terrestrial crop resistance to unfavorable conditions for a long time now, but we have a much more limited understanding of the bacterial community of kelps and other marine life than in terrestrial systems.

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Triathlon

I am on the 2023-2024 UBC Triathlon Sports Club team and I qualified for 70.3 World Championshios in Taupō, New Zealand, which will take place in December 2024.

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Pets

I have two bunnies (Blackberry and Hawthorne) that I adopted form the - Vancouver Rabbit Rescue and Advocacy. - They are a local rescue in Vancouver.

+ Vancouver Rabbit Rescue and Advocacy, a local rescue in Vancouver.