Research

My research interest is broadly in the conservation of salmonids in the Pacific Northwest. More specifically, my current project focuses on six pathogens (bacterial and parasitic) that impact salmonid health and their distribution/abundance prior to the removal of four dams in the Klamath River Basin. These fish may be exposed to novel pathogens from upstream resident salmonid populations, or vice versa, from migrating anadromous populations downstream interacting with each other. I will use a predictive model, created with pre-dam removal data (from water sampling and qPCR), to predict possible impacts on salmonids in the Klamath River Basin.