I am a wildlife ecologist, conducting science on mammals large and small. Most of my work is terrestrial, but I also work on sea otters, seals, and sea lions, and gray whales; I have occasionally dabbled in marine fishes too.

I run the ACME LAB - Applied Conservation Macro Ecology. We researches big ecological questions to solve conservation challenges. To conserve biodiversity, we need to know how species use landscapes, and how species respond to rapid landscape and climate  change. That's where our research in conservation macroecology comes in. We research spatial ecology on land and sea, and the spaces in between, using coordinated distributed experiments across western Canada. We research how changes humans make to landscapes affect wildlife species' ability to persist, thrive, and co-exist. We help fit that information into forecasting and decision-making models and processes, to help governments, industries, and agencies find effective ways to conserve biodiversity.