Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Natural Science
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2025 - Present
Environmental Natural Science,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Recent Publications
African Herbivore Community Responses to Fire
Journal Article The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America · April 2025 Full text CiteViability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management
Journal Article Nature Sustainability · March 1, 2025 Adopting early dry season fires in African conservation areas has been proposed as ecologically desired and a means of generating sufficient carbon revenues for their management. We interrogate available peer-reviewed information on the ecology and biogeoc ... Full text CiteTime since fire interacts with herbivore intake rates to control herbivore habitat occupancy.
Journal Article Ecology · January 2025 Smaller grazers consistently show greater preference for recently burned patches than larger species. Energy optimization theory posits that this pattern is driven by small- versus large-bodied herbivores seeking to maximize energy intake by choosing high- ... Full text Open Access CiteRecent Grants
Transport and trophic effects of transient hosts on infectious disease
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Georgia · 2025 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) ·
2019
Ph.D.