Her research focuses on modeling ecological and evolutionary responses to global environmental change, including understanding potential drivers of resilience in coral reefs. She is particularly interested in evaluating the impact of management options on populations, looking at gene flow and local adaptation, and has initiated a project focusing on the potential for managed relocation of species at risk to climate change. She was selected as an Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow in 2013. She received her BS in biology from Stanford University and her MA and PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University.