Curriculum Vitae

Career Experience

[2021 - Current] PhD Candidate, Markham Lab, Stony Brook University, New York, USA

[2021 - Current] Graduate Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Courses: BIO319 Landscape Ecology (2024), BIO344 Chordate Zoology (2024), EBH302 Human Genetics (2023), BIO354 Evolution (2021-2022)

[2022 - 2022] Research Assistant, Markham Lab, Stony Brook University, New York, USA

[2021 - Current] Research Scientist, Molecular Entomology & Ecology Division of the Centre of Biotechnology, Research, and Development (CBRD). Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

[2019 - Current] Research Associate, Turkana Basin Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

[2019-20] Research Assistant, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya

[2019] Research Scientist (Lepidopterist), Operation Wallacea Expedition, Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

[2018-19] Student Researcher, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

[2017] Intern, Department of Zoology, The National Museums of Kenya

Education

[2021-Current] Ph.D. Candidate (advanced in 2023), Ecology and Evolution, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, New York, USA

Dissertation title: Nonhuman primate foraging strategies and patterns of space use in coastal landscapes
Committee: Drs. A. Catherine Markham (Advisor), Dino Martins, Lesley Thorne, Rafael D’Andrea, Curtis Marean

[2025] Advanced Graduate Certificate in Science Training & Research to Inform Decisions, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University, New York, USA

[2018] Bachelor of Science with Honours in Zoology (Evolutionary Biology), The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Thesis: Using population demographic history to examine the relative importance of good genes and compatible genes mate choice in Drosophila melanogaster.
Honours advisors: Drs Joseph Tomkins, Jason Kennington, and Robert Dugand

[2017] Bachelor of Science, UWA Study Abroad student exchange program, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

[2015 -17] Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences in Zoology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

[2012-14] International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, Braeburn Garden Estate School, Nairobi, Kenya

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

[2026] Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Dissertation Completion Endowed Fellowship ($15,000)

[2026] The Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University

Ecology and Evolution Student Excellence Award ($1,300)

[2025] The Leakey Foundation

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($19,200)

[2024] Primate Conservation Inc.

Rowe-Wright Primate Fund Small Grant ($1,250)

[2024] The Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
George C Williams Award for student research in evolutionary biology ($1,000).

[2024] The Safina Center
Launchpad (Junior) Fellowship ($7,500) in science communication.

[2023] The Safina Center
Launchpad (Junior) Fellowship ($5,000) in science communication.

[2022-23] The Leakey Foundation
Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowship ($15,000) - Media

[2022] The Safina Center
Launchpad (Junior) Fellowship ($5,000) in science communication.

[2021-22] The Leakey Foundation
Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowship ($15,000) - Media