As of 2025, I work as a Research Scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in the Gulf Region. In this role, my research focuses on aquatic pathogens of concern on the East Coast of Canada.

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I previously worked as a Research Scientist with DFO (2019-2025) in the Salmonid section at the North Atlantic Fisheries Center (DFO NAFC). My research focused on Atlantic salmon conservation and management.

 

In addition, I am an adjunct professor at MUN in the department of Ocean Sciences and a member of COSEWIC's Marine Fishes Species Subcommittee (SSC).

 

Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Bradbury population genomics lab, where I worked on population genomics of marine species, including the invasive European green crab, the commercial sea scallop, and Atlantic salmon. 

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I completed my Ph.D. at the Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research (University of Windsor) where I studied the evolution of carotenoid pigmentation in salmon. Prior to my Ph.D., my M.Sc. research focused on interactions between wild and farmed Chinook salmon.

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Through these various projects, I have collaborated with scientists from different backgrounds including academia, government and industry. For example, much of my Ph.D. and M.Sc. research was carried out in collaboration with Yellow Island Aquaculture Ltd.