About
I am an ecologist and photographer with a background in coastal and marine environments.
I have been working in the ecological sciences for a decade, as such my career has taken me to many different environments.
I’ve scrambled around seabird colonies off the coast of the United States, studied the stunning array of biodiversity found in Costa Rica, and monitored migrating raptors in the Appalachian Mountains.
All the while I have made sure to include photography in my practice wherever I go. The images I take are a way of bringing people closer to the situation at hand, and help to draw attention to the causes represented. Science communication and accessibility have never been more necessary, and photography is a universally understood and powerful medium.
Over the years I've turned my focus towards law as well as science, working for the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) in Bonn, Germany in the past. There I assisted with frameworks associated with avian species and marine life that dealt with cross-border migratory species conservation.
Welcome to the Field
Ecology for Education and Advocacy
My focus is on the intersection of environmental science, science education, and human rights. The broad inequities and injustices done to people, wildlife, and the planet have only been further highlighted by the continuing public health crisis.
The past few years have seen unprecedented weather events, uncontrolled wildfires, mass wildlife die offs, the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and both ecological devastation and the erosion of human rights. To help combat these most pressing issues at the local level, I worked in public health through the worst of the pandemic, in addition to my conservation photography work.
Education, advocacy, and support have been my primary focuses these past few years.
Publications and Current Work
My photographic works have been published in scientific articles and reports, in the College of the Atlantic's Magazine, and in the Mount Desert Islander Newspaper.
I am currently based in the Northeastern United States. I am continuing to do ecological fieldwork, teaching classes on local ecology, and working as a freelance conservation photographer.
For collaborations, information about classes, print requests, or any other questions please feel free to reach out via the Contact form.
Why “Wayward Ecologist”?
“Wayward Ecologist” is a title I have been using since 2019. Originally taken on as a joke, it morphed into a moniker I have been finding more and more accurate the more I learn about the study of ecology itself. My degree is in essence in ecology; I studied primarily the ecological sciences with some environmental law mixed in, but I have found the discipline is so much broader and more spectacular.
In practice, being a good ecologist has encompassed so much more than the actual study of “ecology” that we are taught in a classroom. Knowing how an environment works (and how to protect it) necessitates an understanding of human rights, history, public health, a broad array of earth sciences, and so much more.
“Wayward Ecologist” became a joke that I have worn with great pride these past five years.