I am a  Postdoctoral Fellow at Seoul National University working Dr. Bruce Waldman. We are studying the impacts of the fungal pathogen Chytrid on Korean amphibians and the evolutionary immune response in MHC to this pathogen.

My general research interests are in evolutionary biology, systematics, herpetology, and conservation genetics. I am especially interested in the phylogeography of Asian amphibians and reptiles. Some of my more recent research has focused on higher-level vertebrate systematics and using genetics to study and conserve Asian turtles. You can read in more detail about my interests on my research page.

I did my Ph.D. work at the University of California, Berkeley, being co-advised by Drs. Jeff L. Boore and  Jim A. McGuire.