He completed postdoctoral research in applied mathematics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and at SAMSI (the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) with a focus on computational biomath and mathematical modeling. His research includes a leading role in multiple international and domestic collaborations with the goal of finding solutions to data-driven problems on the interface of science, mathematics, computer science, and statistics. One main focus is bringing mathematical methods to the field of organismal ecology, especially in the context of behavior, dispersal, and network formation.